Literal question
[9] Follow-up questions for persons having usual activity status codes 92 and 93
[Questions 1-24 were asked of persons who engaged in domestic duties, per Question 2 in Section 6.]
3. Were you required to spend most of your time on domestic duties almost throughout the last 365 days?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
Interviewer instructions
5.9.0 Block 9: Follow-up questions for persons classified as usually engaged in domestic chores:
[All questions in this section (5.9) were asked of household members classified as engaged in domestic duties according to usual status (i.e. those with usual states codes 92 and 93), and the relevant answers will be recorded in terms of the specified codes. Status codes 92 and 93 refer to usual principal activity status from block 6, column 2.]
5.9.3 Item 3-5 : It will be ascertained whether the relevant persons are required to spent most of their time during the 365 days preceding the date of survey on domestic duties. If the answer is in the affirmative, code 1 and if the answer is in the negative, code 2 will be recorded against item 3 of each entry against item 3 is code 1 for a person, the reason for his/her participation is in the household duties will be ascertained and recorded in terms of the specified code numbers against item 4.
The relevant codes to be used are:
No other member to carry out the domestic duties - 1
Cannot afford hired help - 2
For social and/or religious constraints - 3
Others - 4
For such a person, item 5 will be left blank. On the other hand, if the entry against item 3 is code '2' for a person, (i.e. such participation was not required but still the person participated in the household chores) the reason for his/her voluntary participation in household chores will be ascertained and the code relevant to the answer obtained will be recorded against item 5. In such a case, item 4 will be left blank. The codes to be used for making entries against item 5 are:
Non-availability of work - 1
By preference - 2
Others - 3
