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Section E: Employment and economic activities - ask of all persons 15 years and older listed on the flap
[Questions P-30 to P-39 were asked of persons age 15 and older.]


P-37 Business type
Is the organisation/ company / business /enterprise/branch where (the person) works in the formal or informal sector?

[Question P-37 was asked of persons who were either working during the last seven days or had work that the persons could definitely return to, person questions P-30a to P-30g and P-31.]
Formal sector employment is where the employer (institution, business) is registered (i.e. has a tax number) and informal is when it is not registered.
Mark appropriate box with an X.
[] 1 In the formal sector
[] 2 In the informal sector (including domestic work)
[] 3 Do not know

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5.6. Section E: Employment and Economic Activities

This section is to be asked for every person fifteen (15) years and older listed on the flap.


Questions p-36 to p-38 are to be answered by those who responded "yes" in any of p-30a to P-30G or P-31.


(P-37): Business type: Is the organisation / company / business / enterprise / branch where (the person) works in the formal or informal sector?
Here we want the respondent to state his/her opinion as to whether he/she works in the formal or informal sector.

Formal sector employment is where the employer (institution, business or private individual) is registered (i.e. the business has a tax number) to perform the activity.

Informal sector employment is where the employer is not registered to perform the activity.