Literal question
(6) Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the 7 days of work (i.e., code 1 in question 22 of section 5)
[Questions 1-15 were asked of persons who were unemployed for all the 7 days of the week, per question 22 in section 5.]
8. Duration of present spell of unemployment:
[] 1 Only 1 week
[] 2 1 to 2 weeks
[] 3 2 weeks to 1 month
[] 4 1 to 2 months
[] 5 2 to 3 months
[] 6 3 to 6 months
[] 7 6 to 12 months
[] 8 Above 12 months
Interviewer instructions
5.6.0 Block6: Follow-up questions for persons unemployed on all the seven days of the week: This block is meant for collecting information on persons who are found to be unemployed on all the seven days of the week preceding the date of survey. Such persons will be identified on the basis of the daily time disposition recorded in block 5, and column (22) of block 5 will have code 1 for such persons. Information to be recorded in this block broadly includes their academic performance, particulars of work sought/available and for those who had some employment in the past, the particulars of such employment. The item wise description of the blocks is as below.
5.6.7 Column (8): Duration of present spell of unemployment :
The spell of unemployment means the continuous period for which the person remained unemployed. The present spell will, therefore, refer to the period starting from the day the person became unemployed to the survey date. In the case of persons who are first entrants to the labour force the present spell will be equal to the entire length of unemployment starting from the day such person joined the labour force i.e. the day since when he/she was seeking/available for work and for those who had any previous employment the present spell will be the period starting from the day they were seeking or available for work after closing their employment to the survey date. The spell will be recorded in codes indicating various durations.
1. Only 1 week
2. 1 to 2 weeks
3. 2 weeks to 1 month
4. 1 to 2 months
5. 2 to 3 months
6. 3 to 6 months
7. 6 to 12 months
8. Above 12 months
