Interviewer instructions
22. Working status, column 23
Fill this column based on the following directions for all the members of the household who are 10 years old and above and leave it blank for the rest of them. To define an individual's working status, you should know the definition of work.
Work: the part of economic activities (physical or intellectual), the purpose of which is to gain profits (cash or non-cash) for the goal of producing goods or demonstrating service.
People who work are distributed in two major groups; freelance (they work for themselves) and salaried (they get paid in exchange for their work). Pay attention to the following:
The following people's activities are also considered as work:
- Individuals who work for one of the household members without earning an income (working for free for family). These people are usually women and teenagers who help other members of the family for free in activities such as farming, animal husbandry, carpet weaving, etc.
- Individuals serving in the military service.
- Individuals who serve in the Basij militia and earn money from it.
- Individuals who work at their residence in order to earn money, such as carpet weaving, sewing, hairdressing, typing, tutoring, fixing small electronics, baby-sitting, etc.
- Individuals who are occupied with activities like carpet weaving and sewing in order to produce durable goods for their own consumption.
- Individuals who are building, fixing or redecorating their own residence.
- Individuals who are interning and are involved directly in the production of goods and service, whether it is for exchange of money or not.
- Women or men who are occupied with activities such as farming, gardening, animal husbandry, fishing, etc.
The following activities are not considered as work:
- Unpaid activities at home for other members of the household like cooking, house holding, taking care of children, etc., which are mostly done by women.
- Social volunteering services at charities and Basij, etc.
- Small house maintenances such as faucets and valves, fixing windows and small electronics.
- Investing in economical activities without participating in management or actual operations, such as the stock exchange or investing money in companies.
Based on the definition of work and its examples, define the working status of those 10 years old and above based on the following explanations and write the code in column 23.
[] 1 Has worked at least 1 hour in the past 7 days
For those who have worked (based on the definition of work) at least 1 hour in the past 7 days. Note:
- Place 1 for those who have at least worked an hour in the past 7 days, even if not in their usual occupation.
- Investigate all those 10 years old and above members of the household and do not stop for the reason that they are housewives or students, because usually in rural areas women and children of the household participate in economic activities based on the work definition, such as farming and animal husbandry. If they have worked at least one hour in the past 7 days, write code 1 for them.
- For those individuals who have a job but have not worked in the past 7 days, do not allocate code 1 and act as explained for code 2.
[] 2 Has a job, but has not worked for some reason in the past 7 days
For those individuals who have not worked at least an hour in the past 7 days (did not get code 1) but have a job, allocate code 2. These people, who are called temporarily absent from work, should be certain about their return to the employer, if they are salaried. Usually during this absence, these individuals receive all or part of their earnings, and their nonappearance is allowed by the rules. If these people are self-employed, their business should endure and they should be able to retrieve it again.
Note: those who work for family without earning money are not considered temporarily absent from work if they have not worked at least 1 hour in the past 7 days.
The following are some hints about temporarily absent individuals from work:
- Farmers who work for their own selves and have not worked in the past 7 days due to the seasonal nature of their work.
- People who have not worked in the past 7 days since they have a sequential job.
- People who have gotten a scholarship from their company and are students, and for that reason have not worked in the past 7 days.
- Individuals who have not worked in the past 7 days because of a leave of absence, holidays, sickness, vacation, etc.
- Individuals, who have not worked temporarily due to impermanent changes in their company, machinery and systems breakdown, lack of clients and projects.
- People who lost their jobs but still have official bonds to their job.
- For those who have a job but have not worked in that job for the past 7 days but have worked in another area which matches the definition of work, do not allocate code 2. Instead, consider code 1.
- For those who work for family without earning an income, if they have worked at least an hour in the last 7 days, allocate code 1, and if they have not worked for at least 1 hour, do not allocate code 2 and perform as described below.
[] 3 Has been seeking for a job in the past 30 days and is available to work
For those individuals who have not worked at least 1 hour in the past 7 days and did not have a job (do not have code 1 or 2), if they have both of the following conditions, allocate code 3:
- Those who have done certain attempts in the past 30 days in order to find a job, such as: register and follow job agencies, asking friends, contacting employers, job ads, etc.
- Those who are available to work, which means they are prepared to start a job in a 15 day period (including the past and the coming 7 days).
[] 4 Waiting for a new job to begin or to return to the old job and is available to work
For those who were not allocated any of the codes 1, 2, or 3 and have the following conditions, designate code 4:
- They are waiting for a new job, meaning that there is a job available for them and they will start working in the near future and are prepared for work (based on the definition).
- They are waiting to restart their old jobs and prepared for work (based on the definition). "Waiting to restart their old jobs" means that they have lost their job for a reason but are waiting to restart it.
[] 5 Student
For those who were not allocated any of the 1, 2, 3, or 4 codes and are considered as students by official education curriculum, in or outside of the country, assign code 5.
[] 6 Has income - without a job
For those who were not allocated any of the 1, 2, 3, or 4 codes and have an income like social security, real estate, interest from savings or stocks, etc., designate code 6
[] 7 Housekeeper
For those who were not allocated any of the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 codes and are occupied with housekeeping, assign code 7.
[] 8 Other
For those who have none of the above conditions, such as people trying to get to college, seniors, etc., allocate code 8.
