Literal question
VI. Economic activity of persons age 10 or older
[Questions 601 to 615]
[Questions 604-608 were asked of persons age 10 or older who are employed, worked at least one hour or held a job but were temporarily absent during the previous week, as per questions 601, 602 and 603.]
605. Number of hours worked in primary activity in the previous week
_ _ hours
Interviewer instructions
6.6. Block VI. Activities of household members age 10 or older
This block is used to collect characteristics on the economic activities of every household member who is 10 or older, such as field of business, type and work status and number of working days/hours during the past week.
The work force of the community age 10 or older is categorized into two groups: work force and non-work force. The work force are those who have jobs during the past week, those who are working or temporarily not working due to a certain cause such as waiting for harvest, on leave, etc. Also included in this group are those who do not have a job but are seeking one/hopefully obtaining a job. The non-working force are those who during the week only attended school, took care of a household, and others who do not do any activities that could be categorized as working, temporarily not working, or seeking a job.
There are several questions that are specifically asked to people who are either working or seeking a job, and also some for the non-working force who attends school, takes care of a household, elderly people, or other non-economic activities. Then there are some that confirm the number of people who are categorized as working force and non-working force.
This block consists of 16 questions: P601 to P615, beginning with the most frequent activity conducted during the week through the field of business during the previous year.
Question 605: Total working hours of main work during the past week
Write the total [number of] working hours of the main work during the past week.
Main work:
If a person has only one job, that job must be recorded as the main job. If the person has more than one job, the main job is based on the length of time worked. If the lengths of time used for the jobs are the same, the job that contributes the most income is considered the main job. A person has more than one type of job if the management is done separately, except for a food crop farmer who works for several food crop farmers (separate management) -- this is categorized as one job.
Information:
a. A person who is on leave and during that period does not do any other work -- the main work is the work [for which he/she is] on leave.
b. A person who is on leave and during that period does another kind of work -- the main work is the one done during leave.
Example:
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a. A marketing manager of a real estate company who is on leave during the past week did not do any other work. This person is categorized as only having one job as a marketing manager of a real estate company.
b. During the past week a doctor who works in Sumber Waras hospital is on leave, and during that period helps his wife sell sports equipment. The main work of this person during the past week is selling sports equipment.
c. A farmer who plants rice in his own field, and besides that also plants rice in another person's field and receives payment, is categorized as having two jobs which are planting rice in his own field and a food crop worker. The working hours recorded in P605 are the longest working hours between those two jobs.
d. A teacher teaches in two schools, in the morning in a state high school and in the afternoon in a state secondary school. The teacher is categorized as having two jobs, being a high school as well as a secondary teacher, although the work status and field of work is the same. The working hours recorded in P605 is the longest working hours from those two jobs.
e. A person works in the morning as a worker who plants rice and in the afternoon works as a worker who plants vegetables for a different person. This person is categorized as having one job which is planting food crops.