Literal question
[Questions 20-26 apply to people aged 15 and over]
24 How would you describe your present principal status?
Check one box only
[] 1 Working for payment or profit
[] 2 Looking for first regular job
[] 3 Unemployed
[] 4 Student or pupil
[] 5 Looking after home/family
[] 6 Retired from employment
[] 7 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
[] 8 Other, write in ____
Interviewer instructions
24. How would you describe your present principal status?
Check one box only.
[] 1 Working for payment or profit
[] 2 Looking for first regular job
[] 3 Unemployed
[] 4 Student or pupil
[] 5 Looking after home/family
[] 6 Retired from employment
[] 7 Unable to work due to permanent sickness or disability
[] 8 Other, write in ____
Question 24 will provide information on principal economic status, allowing us to classify persons aged 15 years and over into those within and outside the labour force.
Some guidelines on answering question 24:
As the person's principal economic status is required, only one of the listed categories should be ticked.
The following should tick 1: "Working for payment or profit"
Persons who are self-employed
Persons mainly engaged as "Assisting relatives" on farms, in shops or in any other commercial enterprises even if they receive no payment or no regular payment
Priests, nuns and brothers except where they are 6 "Retired" or 7 "Unable to work due to permanent sickness"
Persons temporarily absent from work due to illness, holidays, etc.
Apprentices who are in employment and who also attend school or technical college
Full-time students who are in part-time employment should tick 4 "Student or pupil".
