Literal question
VII.C. Person age 10 or older
[Questions 1-5 were asked of persons age 10 or older]
Q.5 Did [the respondent] look for work during the previous week?
[] 1 Yes (go to Q.11, section VIII)
[] 2 No (go to Q.14, section VIII)
Interviewer instructions
X. Information on household members
A. Block VII: General information on household members
1. The objective of this block is to record information on items such as sex, age, schooling status, and activities conducted during the past week for every household member, starting with the member with serial number "01" and continuing to the last household member.
2. Method of filling out the form
Circle one of the codes corresponding to the respondent's answer, and then write the code in the box on the right.
D. Block VII. C: Persons age 10 or older
Question 5: Were you looking for work during the past week?
If the answer is "Yes" (code "1"), go directly to question 11 [length of time looking for work] in block VIII; if the answer is "No" (code "2"), go directly to question 14 [reasons for not looking for work] in block VIII.
"Looking for work" is the activity of those who were looking for a job.
Explanation:
The activity of looking for work is not limited to the period of the past week, but can include those activities conducted earlier than a week ago; also included as looking for work are those who are waiting for replies to their applications. Thus, those who have sent applications are also in the category of looking for work.
Those classified as looking for work here are:
a. Those who never worked and are now making an effort to find work.
b. Those who ever worked, but for some reason had stopped working and are now looking for work.
