Interviewer instructions
Question 26
Question 26 is answered by persons age 15 to 75.
Did you have any paid work or profitable job during the last 7 days from October 4 to 11 (including temporarily absence)?
Identification code "1", which corresponds to answer "Yes", is written for those people who in 2011 October 4-11:
1. Worked on paid basis or were self-employed, regardless of whether the job was permanent, temporary or seasonal, one-off, or casual, even if that job was for only one hour during the reference week.
2. Worked in the organization (farm), which belongs to a family member or relative, with the aim to support and help and doesn't receive any compensation in cash and (or) in kind.
3. Were engaged in household or farming activities, while the production was intended for full or partial sale or exclusively for own final use, provided that the production had a significant share in household consumption
4. Were in armed forces, including conscripts.
5. Provide services in other household, like housecleaning, laundry, caretakers for kids and adults, etc.
6. Were temporarily absent from work for various reasons keeping the position related with the workplace.
The following cases are considered as a temporarily absence from the work:
a. Illness or getting an injury, taking care of the sick people,
b. Annual and additional leaves, lockout with or without compensation, the vacation established by the law for pregnancy and for taking care of the children up to 3 years old, educational or vocational training vacation,
c. Works of special character,
d. Seasonal works,
e. Strikes.
The students and the retiree, who had any paid work or profitable job during the last 7 days from October 4 to 11, are registered as employed and for them also prompt code "1" corresponding to the answer "Yes" is written.
Prompt code "No" is written for those people who didn't have any paid work or profitable job during the last 7 days from October 4 to 11, as well as for the following people:
1. People who serve within their household (cleaning the house, doing the laundry, taking care of the children and the old and so on);
2. People who do a volunteer works on the personal and social bases, without compensation and those who serve different people or charity organizations;
3. People who own shares of some companies but they don't take part in their economic activities;
4. People who beg money (even if it is profitable).
