D. Economic activity
For persons age 5 and older
[Questions 16-20.]
18. Employment status
Was [respondent] an employer, employee, own account worker- non agriculture, own account worker- agriculture, contributing family worker, an apprentice?
Write the appropriate code.
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D. Employment: For people of age five and above
This part has five questions (question 16-20) which have to be answered by people of age 5 and above. For census purposes, a job is any economic activity, either if you get paid, make profit, do barter trade, or for domestic use. Housework is not regarded as a job except looking for firewood and fetching water from a source which is far from the respondent's living place. Housework includes laundry works, cleaning, cooking, etc. The housework mentioned above will be considered as economic activities if they are paid for. A house maid doing these works should be considered as employed.
Question 18: Were you an employer, employee, self-employed in agriculture, self-employed in non-agricultural activities, domestic worker without payment, or other?
The aim of this question is to know the employment status of the respondent. Employment status means the conditions of work of a person. This status can be divided into "paid employment" on one side and "self-employment" on the other side. It is possible that the respondent did more than one job: to answer questions 18, 19, and 20 the major activity or the one that took the longest time will be used. Among these two types of employment, there are groups that are defined according to the responsibilities or authority that the respondent has due to his work or potentials, as follows:
- Employer: One who gets his work done by employing another people, without taking into consideration the kind of contract between the employee and the employer. These works are those of any kind of payment.
- Employee: A person employed by any type of employer be it public or private. An employee must receive any kind of payment, either daily, monthly, or for specific period of time depending on their agreement.
- Self-employment in non-agricultural activities: One who is involved in economic activities where he plans and supervises [hiss business] on his own. These activities include business and others that are not agricultural.
- Self-employment in agriculture: A person whose work is agriculture even if it a small garden. Women who work together with their husbands in one farm are to be included in code "4" and not otherwise.
- Domestic work without payment: This involves activities done for the benefit of the household; for example, fetching water, collecting firewood, and other economic activities done in the household.
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- Apprentices: Any person who has joined professional studies; for example, car technician, machine technician, etc. There is a possibility for the apprentice to be paid or not, depending on the institution he/she is in.
The following codes are for question 18:
Employment status
[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Self-employed in non agricultural activities
[] 4 Self-employed in agriculture
[] 5 Domestic work without payment
[] 6 Apprentices
[] 7 Others
[] 9 Unknown
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