Household economic activity
(if more than one , tick main)
Is the household involved in-
[] 1 Carpentry/woodwork
[] 2 Metal products
[] 3 Leather products
[] 4 Mechanical repairs
[] 5 Brick/tile pottery
[] 6 Food/cash crop processing
[] 7 Embroidery/other crafts
[] 8 None
[] 9 Other (specify)
What is the main source of the household's livelihood-
[] 1 Subsistence farming
[] 2 Commercial farming
[] 3 Petty trading
[] 4 Formal trading
[] 5 Cottage industry
[] 6 Property income
[] 7 Employment income
[] 8 Family support
[] 9 Other (specify)
Household Economic Activity
186. As well as the occupations of individual persons in the household which you have described in Question 18 on the first part of the questionnaire, many household are involved in small scale cottage industrial activity. Ask whether the household is engaged in this way and tick the appropriate box. If the household is engaged in more than one kind of activity, tick the main one - the most important to the household - the one which brings in most money - the one on which most time is spent. The following notes may help you:
Carpentry/woodwork - includes such activity as wood preparation (mbaawo, treated fencing poles, building poles etc); furniture making; crafts in wood.
Metal products - includes black-smithing, forging, and the manufacture of sigiris, tadoobas, pails, buckets, beds, metal cases and trunks etc from scrap metal.
Leather products - includes local treatment and tanning of animal hides and skins and making shoes, suitcases, bags etc, also shoe repairs.
Mechanical repairs - includes garages and workshops for motor and mechanical repairs to such items as coffee hullers, maize mills etc.
Brick/tile/pottery - includes both mechanical methods using modern machines and traditional methods.
Food and cash crop processing - includes such activities as maize-milling, cotton-ginning, and coffee-hulling if done at the household level. Includes also traditional beer brewing (tonto, mulamba, malwa, enguli etc) if done commercially. Includes also the manufacture of animal feeds etc if done at the household level.
Embroidery and other crafts - includes embroidery, knitting, tailoring, bark-cloth making, mat making and basket weaving, jewel manufacturing, carving etc.
None - if the household is not involved in any of the activities described above, tick this box.
Other - if there are other activities, describe them and tick this box.
187. The main source of the household's livelihood may be difficult to decide, for there may be many activities and sources of income. Very often, however, the answer will be clear from the information you have already recorded and from what you have heard in course of the interview. Record the main source. If it is not clear which is the main source, you will have to ask which is the one the members of the household consider most important.
188. The following notes may help you:
Subsistence farming - includes traditional agriculture, livestock rearing or herding, fishing, hunting and gathering They may sell some produce but do not produce mainly to sell.
Commercial farming - includes all who produce cash crops, engage in forestry or fishing or ranching on a commercial scale. They produce mainly to sell.
Petty trading - includes such activities as operating market stalls, kiosks, selling food, trading in second hand goods, and hawking.
Formal trading enterprise - includes those which operate from shops, warehouses, godowns etc and are involved in retail or wholesale trade or import/export activities. Includes also such businesses as beauty/hair saloons and restaurants.
Cottage industry - includes those households involved in the activities listed in the previous column.
Property income - includes households mainly relying on income from ownership of houses and other assets such as transport, real estate, company shares, government bonds and so on.
Employment income - includes households mainly relying on income earned by members who are employed or who receive pensions.
Family support - includes households relying mainly on remittances in cash or kind from relatives or others living elsewhere.
If the household relies mainly on some other source of livelihood - for example, charity, relief or begging - describe it and tick the box marked "other".