Literal question
Economic characteristics
(For persons 10 years of age and above)
For those who did not work for pay or profit last week
[Questions 20-21.]
20. Was he/she
[] 1 Able to work and looking for work (unemployed)
[] 2 Temporarily suspended for 30 days
[] 3 Job assured but not started
[] 4 Unable to work
[] 5 Others
Interviewer instructions
7.33 This question will be asked to those persons for whom code-2 is entered in col-15, it mean that they were neither working nor had the job during last week.
1 Able to work and looking for work If he/she was able to work and looking for work/job
2 Temporarily suspended for 30 days If he/she was suspended for less than 30 days on temporary basis
3 Job assured but work not started If he/she has been assured the job but he did not start the work as yet, provided the interval between assurance and starting work should not be more than 30 days.
4 Unable to work If he/she is unable to work
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5 Others If he/she is not included in above four categories, rather he/she is house wife/husband, under education, aged, disable, pensioner, property owner, proprietor of agricultural land and doesn't work him/herself. Unpaid family helper who did work for less than 15 hours and assured to get job or performing the duty honorary basis besides his family business elsewhere. Here such people will be entered who are involved in unethical or illegal occupation for instance thief, prostitute, etc.
The different terminologies that are used here, have been interpreted/elaborated in sections 7.15 to 7.23 .
