Literal question
[Questions P00-P20 were asked for persons in both the household and non-household populations.]
Economic activity -- P13-P17: Should be related to the past 7 days preceding census night
[P13 to P17 were asked of all persons age 5 years or older.]
P13c. Why did [the respondent] not seek work?
[P13b was asked of persons who were 5 years of age and were not engaged in any activity for pay in the 7 days prior to the census (per question P13a) and was not seeking work (per P13b).]
[After responding to P13c, skip P14-P17]
[] 1 Did home duties (household chores/full time homemaker)
[] 2 In full time education/student
[] 3 Pensioner/retired
[] 4 Disabled/too sick to work
[] 5 Too old/too young
[] 6 Other
Go to P18.
Interviewer instructions
Economic activity (P13 - P17)
Economic activity questions cover P13a, P13b, P13c, P14, P15, P15a, P16 and P17. All these questions should be related to the period of 7 days preceding Census Night. They should be asked only for persons aged 5 years and older.
P13c. Why did (name) not seek work?
This question is restricted to persons who were not engaged in any activity for pay or profit or family gain during the seven days before Census Night, i.e. those who "did not work and were not seeking for work" in P13b. For these persons, enter the appropriate code as defined below.
This category includes those who;
1. Did home duties (household chores)/full time homemaker
Enter code 1 for a person of either sex who was wholly engaged in household duties and was not paid for this work. If, however, a person traded one full working day in the seven days before Census Night, or worked regularly some hours daily, or engaged in some other economic enterprise (e.g. worked on a farm or in a bar), or did any part-time work e.g. typing, dressmaking for which the person was paid or did any work on the family farm or business for one hour or more without pay, such person must not be classified as homemaker but must be classified as employed. You must not assume that any married female who did not do any work during the reference period is necessarily a homemaker. You should probe further to ascertain her correct status.
2. In full time education/student
Enter code 2 for a person aged 5 years and older who is pursuing full-time education in an educational institution and for whom a code of 2 ("now") is entered in P12a.
3. Pensioner/retired
Record code 3 for any person who did not work during the seven days preceding Census Night because he/she is retired and on pension. Such persons normally receive government/company pension or social security payments every month.
4. Disabled/too sick
Enter code 4 for any person who did not work during the seven days preceding Census Night because he/she has a disability or was too sick to work. A person with a disability is one whose impairment inhibits his/her ability to work, participate in or perform an activity in a manner or within the range considered normal. (Impairment refers to any physical, functional or psychological defect, which results from illness, injury or congenital [people who are born with disability] malformation).
5. Too old/too young
Enter code 5 for any person who did not work during the seven days preceding Census Night because he/she is too old or too young to work.
6. Other [specify]
An answer, which does not fall into any of the above categories must be entered as other (code 6) in the appropriate box. The main types of persons who come under this group are:
i. Living on independent income - those who live on remittances;
ii. Hospital patient and not returning to a fixed job;
iii. Voluntarily unemployed i.e. not employed although able to work and not interested in seeking work (e.g. beggars);
All persons who are recorded in P13a as working (i.e. yes in P13a) or in P13b as had job but did not work, unemployed, worked before and seeking work and available for work, and unemployed and seeking work for the first time are classified as economically active.
All others who did not work and were not seeking for work in P13b are classified as economically inactive.
For all categories in P13c (i.e. 1, 2, ?, 6) skip to P 18.
