Literal question
For all persons born in 1981 or before
[Questions D14-D17 were asked of persons born in 1981 or before.]
(b) How many days money work? Give number or 0 if none or if actively looking for work, write (UNEMP).
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Interviewer instructions
Economic activity last week
For all persons born in 1981 or before
138. The next set of questions, D14 to D17, apply to all persons born in 1981 or before. Look back at the year of birth you have entered for each person. For those born 1982-1996 write 'N/A' for question D14[a] and leave the rest of the column [D14-D17] blank.
139. Questions D14-D17 are concerned with how people provide for themselves, how they make their living. It is restricted to persons 15 years of age and over.
140. In the week before census night, almost everyone in Fiji will have done something to provide for himself or herself. It is your job to discover and record what each person did.
141. Ask the questions as they are set out here and on the questionnaire and talk about each member of the household until you understand what he or she did in the way of making a living last week. Make entries on the questionnaire only when you have the picture clear in your mind.
Question D14 - Type of activity last week
142. Question 14[a]
Ask,
Did this person do any work for money last week?
Money work here means:
A wage and salary job.
Business, shop, taxi/carrier business, repair shop
Grow things for sale
Raise animals for sale
Catch fish, collect shells for sale
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Provide services for money
You should write 'M' against money work. Include also persons who had a job but were either sick or on leave or did not attend work for some other reason.
For persons who did not work for money last week write 'NO' in this box.
143. Question 14[b]
Ask,
'How many days did this person work for money last week?'
For persons like wage/salary earners in regular work this is easy to work out as their working hours are fixed. For those with jobs but were sick or were away from work for some other reason you should put the normal working days.
People earning money from other than wage/salary job often work more irregular times. Make a rough estimate of hours or half days worked each day of last week. Add up these hours and divide by 7 [average number of hours people work in a day] to obtain the number of days worked last week.
If the person worked on more than one money earning activity last week, record the one the person spent the most time on.
Number of days worked should be reported against Q14[b].
Up to one full day write '1'.
For between 1 and 2 full days write '2'.
For between 2 and 3 full days write '3'.
For between 3 and 4 full days write '4'.
For between 4 and 5 full days write '5'.
For between 5 and 6 full days write '6'.
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For between 6 and 7 full days write '7'.
144. In case the person did not work for money ie. answered 'NO' in box against 14[a],
Ask,
'Did you actively look for money, cash work last week'.
If the person:
wrote letters
visited offices or job sites
asked friends to obtain cash work
write 'UNEMP' [for unemployed]
and if the person did not look for money earning work
write '0'.
