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.
Block VIII: Labor force (Persons age 10 or older)
Question 3: Status of employment of main job
Status of employment is the position of a person in a particular job.
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Status of employment is differentiated as follows:
a. "Self-employed" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the economic risk, and in this effort he/she does not employ any family workers and other workers.
Example:
a. Pedicab driver who drives his pedicab at his own risk.
b. Taxi driver who drives a car at his own risk.
c. Coolies in a market, station or other public places without a specific employer.
b. "Self-employed assisted by family workers or temporary workers" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and is assisted by unpaid family workers or temporary workers.
Temporary worker/staff is one who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and only receives wages based on time worked or volume produced.
Example:
a. Stall/shop owner assisted by family members/unpaid employees or assisted by others who are paid based on number of days worked.
b. Travelling salesman assisted by an unpaid employee or assisted by others who are paid only when they work.
c. Farmer who works on farm land assisted by family workers. However, during the harvest the worker may receive some of the harvest (harvest shared or halved, etc.); this worker is not considered a permanent employee. The farmer is classified as self-employed assisted by family worker/temporary worker.
c. "Employer" is work or business in which the person is responsible for the risk and employs at least one paid, permanent worker.
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"Paid, permanent employee" is a person who is employed by another person or an institution/office/company and receives wages/salary on a regular basis whether or not the employer has any work for him/her.
Example:
a. A shopkeeper who employs one or more permanent employees.
b. Shoe merchant who employs permanent workers.
d. "Employee/worker" is someone employed by others or an institution/office/company and regularly receives wages/salary in cash or in kind.
e. "Family worker" is someone who works by helping others without receiving wages/salary either in cash or in kind.
Explanation:
Family worker can be:
i. A member of the household of the person he/she assists.
ii. Not a member of the household of the person he/she assists.
iii. Not a member of the household and not a family member of the person he/she assists.
Example:
Wife who assists her husband in the rice field.
A sibling/other relative who helps serve in a food stall.
A neighbor who helps weaving hats as a home industry.
