Interviewer instructions
7.29 Enquire from respondent the status of his employment. The definition of employment is given in sections 7.11 to 7.15. Write code 1 in this column in case of employer, if he/she is employee the code 2, and for self employed code 3 will be entered. If he/she is an unpaid family helper, then code 4 may be written. If a person had work but he did not work last week then enquire from him what was the status of employment when he had work and write the code according to that status.
Column 18
Did he/she work as :
1. Employer
2. Employee
3. Self employed
4. Unpaid family helper?
7.30 For instance if a man keeps/hires employees A and B for wages/pay or for their aid farming a cash crop in his own land and his sons C and D worked unpaid in his land and [the man] himself worked then his status will be as employer. The position of A and B will be as employee and C and D will be as unpaid family helper provided both worked more than fifteen hours in last week.
If a man works in his own land and he has not hired any employee then his employment status will be self-employed as though his family members are unpaid family helpers for him without any reward. Sometime the enumerator can face difficulty determining [Pg. 57] the level of employment of the people who are working under different employers. However, it should be kept in mind that [if] the employers determine the timing of work of employees then their [the employees] position will be as employee otherwise they will be considered as self-employed.
It has been further elaborated in below.
Occupation: Unskilled laborer who works in food market
Industry: Trade
Nature of job: He works in food market for fixed hours and timing of work is determined by employer
Status of Employment: Employee
Occupation: Unskilled laborer who works in food market
Industry: Transportation
Nature of job: The people give him wages for the service of carrying the goods from one place to other or he loads and unloads the goods and his timing has not be determined by anyone he works own his way
Status of Employment: Self-employed
Occupation: Laborer (Mason) (Unskilled laborer who work in construction)
Industry: Construction
Nature of job: He works on contract basis and gets wages proportion to work without fixed time
Status of Employment: Self-employed
Occupation: Laborer (Mason) (Unskilled laborer who work in construction)
Industry: Construction
Nature of job: His timing of work is fixed by the employer and he has to work within fixed time
Status of Employment: Employee
Occupation: Porter (Coli) (Unskilled laborer who work in Bus stop)
Industry: Transportation
Nature of job: He loads/unloads and looks after the luggage of passengers and his timing of laboring is not fixed
Status of Employment: Self-employed
Occupation: A water carrier (Unskilled laborer who provide water in the houses and shops)
Industry: Self-service
Nature of job: He provides the water at different houses and shops and he gets laboring according to quantity of water his timing of laboring is not fixed
Status of Employment: Self-employed
Occupation: A Water carrier (Unskilled laborer who works in construction)
Industry: Construction
Nature of job: He is employed for providing water in a construction company and his timing of laboring is fixed and he works daily and his work time is compulsory.
Status of Employment: Employee
