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.
23. Occupation, Industry, "Employment status", Columns 24, 25 and 26
Fill these columns for any 10 years old and above member of the household who have worked in the last 7 days, or have a job but have not worked in the past 7 days for specific reasons (codes 1 and 2 in column 23) and leave it blank for other members.
Note:
- For those who have a job but have not worked in the past 7 days (temporarily absent, code 2 in column 23), fill these columns based on the usual job of the person.
- For those who have worked in another field other than their usual job in the past 7 days (code 1 in column 23), fill these columns based on the person's field of work in the last 7 days.
- For those who have worked in more than one field in the past 7 days, fill these columns based on what they give you as their main job. If the respondent fails to indicate the main job, consider the one they have allocated more time to during the past week, and if the timing was even for all the jobs, consider the one that they have more work experience in.
23.3. Employment status, column 26
Record people's employment statuses related to their occupation, based on the following descriptions and write the proper code in this column.
[] 1 Employer: is someone who has employed at least one person. The following examples serve to illustrate this more:
- The owner of a timber factory, who has hired a few salaried employees to manage the factory, is an employer.
- The owner of a food supply store, who has hired a shop-boy, is an employer.
- A construction worker, who has won a contract for construction and is performing it with the help of a few salaried workmen, is an employer.
- Those who use only the help of family workers without paying them any money are not considered employers.
- Those who are employees themselves, even if a few other people are under their supervision, are not employers. For example, those who work for government in any position are not employers.
[] 2 Freelance worker: is someone who has not hired anyone to perform his work and is not salaried himself also. Note the following:
- Someone who manages his own fruit store alone or with help of his partner is a freelancer.
- Those who use only the help of family workers and do not disburse any money to them are freelance workers. For example, someone who only uses the help of his children who live with him and does not pay them money is a freelancer.
- Consider a farmer who participates in harvesting time as a separate freelance worker, if he has not hired anyone.
[] 3 Public sector - salaried: is considered for those who work in ministries, governmental organizations, institutions, Islamic revolutionary foundations and other public organizations like public banks and municipalities, and earn an income from that, such as employees at the department of education.
- A salaried person in the public sector might be official, on a contract, daily-paid, etc.
- Employees of the production, commercial, etc. sectors which are under public sector supervision are considered as salaried by the public sector.
- Those on military service at the time of enumeration are considered as public sector salaried employees.
- Those who work for private contractors, even if those contractors work for public institutions, are not considered as public sector salaried.
[] 4 Private sector - salaried: are those who work for people or private organizations in exchange for money or services, such as a CEO of a private construction company, a private kindergarten teacher, an accountant in a private hospital, a construction worker's trainee, a cashier in a private bank, etc.
Note that:
- Cooperative companies' salaried individuals are considered private sector salaried.
- Those who have contracts with the private sector and work in governmental organizations, municipalities, etc. (public sector) are considered private sector salaried.
- Unpaid interns will be assigned to codes 3 or 4 based on the sector (public or private) they are working for.
[] 5 Unpaid family worker: consider anyone who is working for a relative without earning an income as an unpaid family worker.
