12. Main occupation

12. Main occupation
Persons who work 6 months or more or have permanent job less than 6 months, work temporarily less than 6 months answer this question.

Main occupation is a job that occupies most of the person's time in the last 12 months. If a person has various income generating activities, interviewers write down the job of which the person works the longest time.

For persons who just started a new job and plan to keep that job for a long time, interviewers fill out that new job.

For commune's (ward's) cadres, if they do not participate in any other productive activities, interviewers fill out their current positions or jobs, such as secretary of the commune's communist party, president, vice-president, health care staff, etc. If the commune's (ward's) cadres work on other productive activities besides their work at the commune's (ward's) people committee, interviewers write down the activity occupying the longest time. For example, a commune's statistical staff usually works for 4 days on his/her statistic job and spends 2 days for his/her own family farming activities, that person's main job is "statistics".

Cadres who are permanent government employees and are assigned to work at the commune's level report their own profession.

For management levels, head (vice-head) of the department/bureau and higher positions at the Communist party institutions, government offices, mass organizations, other parties; head (vice head) of departments in factories, should report both their main occupation and current main positions.

Main occupations should be reported with as much detail as possible, do not put in very general activity. For example,