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.]
[Questions P14-P17 were asked of persons age 5 or older who were engaged in an activity for pay in the 7 days prior to the census (per question P13a) or had worked before and were seeking work or had been engaged in voluntary work without pay in the 7 days prior to the census (per question P13b).]
P16. Employment status.
What was [the respondent's] employment status in that establishment/industry?
[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Self-employed without employees
[] 3 Self-employed with employees
[] 4 Casual worker
[] 5 Contributing family worker
[] 6 Apprentice
[] 7 Domestic employee (househelp)
[] 8 Other
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.
P16. Employment status: What was (name)'s employment status in that establishment/ industry?
Eight categories have been provided for this question and you must write the appropriate code in the corresponding box.
1. Employee - Write code 1 in the appropriate box for a person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer.
2. Self-employed without employees - Enter code 2 for a person who operates his/her own enterprise (e.g., a farmer, kenkey seller, carpenter) and who does not employ anybody to work for him/her in the operation of his/her enterprise (except perhaps apprentices or contributing family workers). It also includes persons who pay themselves on own account (e.g. financial consultant, lawyer, hairdresser, dressmaker, etc.). Note that apprentices must not be classified as employees. You must, however, make sure that the assistants of such a person are actually apprentices and not paid employees before classifying the respondent in this group.
3. Self-employed with employees - Enter code 3 for a person who operates his/her own enterprise directly or through another person (e.g. a manager or caretaker) and who for the operation of this enterprise hires one or more employees. Note that the persons considered employees here exclude contributing family workers and apprentices, whether they are given allowances or not.
4. Casual worker - Refers to any person who provides labor or services under an irregular or informal working arrangement. They are contracted from time to time for short periods to perform specific jobs and have limited entitlement to benefits and little or no security of employment. They are also normally paid through the casual payroll. Enter code 4 for such persons.
5. Contributing family worker - Record code 5 in the appropriate box for a person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member of his or her family without payment of wages or salary.
Note that a family member who works for pay must be classified as an employee.
6. Apprentice - This category refers to a worker (male or female) who is learning a trade and who normally works under the supervision of a qualified worker. He/she may or may not be given an allowance.
7. Domestic employee (house help)- These are persons who are engaged to render household service with or without pay.
8. Other - To this category belong all persons who do not fall into any of the above groups
