Literal question
Population age six or older
[Questions P24-P28 were asked for persons age 6+.]
P24) Occupation situation
What did [Name] do for work most of the time in the last 4 weeks?
Record code corresponding to the answer based on the instructions at the bottom of the page. If Yes, use codes 1 or 2, if no, use codes 3 to 9.
[] 0 Person not applicable
[] 1 Occupied
[] 2 Unemployed
[] 3 Looking for first job
[] 4 Seasonal inactivity
[] 5 Occupied at home
[] 6 Student
[] 7 Person of independent means
[] 8 Retired, elderly
[] 9 Hasn?t worked
Interviewer instructions
Questions (P24 to P28) are for members of the household who are six (6) years or older. This part of the questionnaire allows for the collection of information on employment, the type of employment, the branch of the industry. Particular emphasis is placed on farming due to its importance in the occupations of the population.
6.2.3.23 Occupation situation (Column P24)
This question is used to get information on the main occupation of the respondent during the four (4) weeks prior to the visit of the enumerator. Depending on the answer given, the agent writes in the corresponding code in the boxes provided for this purpose (codes at the bottom of the questionnaire).
A person of independent means is a person who lives on annuity or on non-professional income. The annuity is an annual income from investment trusts or operations under favorable conditions (land income, guaranteed income....).
0 = Not relevant
1 = Employed
2 = Unemployed
3 = Looking for a first job
4 = Seasonal inactivity
5 = Works at home
6 = Student
7 = Person of independent means
8 = Retired, old
9 = Did not work
An unemployed person: is any person above a specific age (6 years) who during the reference period (4 weeks) was:
"Without work," i.e., who did not have one (paid or unpaid work).
"Available for work" in a paid or unpaid job during the reference period
"Looking for work," i.e. has taken specific steps during the reference period to seek employment.
A person classified as "4," that is to say, seasonal inactivity is a person who works periodically with the seasons: a HUICOMA worker (cotton mill in Mali) who cannot work because of absence of raw material or a COMANAV worker (Malian Navigation Company) that cannot work due to the decreased water level of the Niger River.
A person answering the code "5" is a person employed exclusively in the home.
