Literal question
Is not completed for temporary presents
[Questions 16-32 were asked of persons absent and permanently present only. Persons who are temporarily present are not included.]
[Questions 26-28 are asked for persons aged 15 years and older who had a job or other income-producing business (per Q25) and were not temporarily present at enumeration (per Q2).]
Q26: What is the type of your main job organization, institution or its branch? ____
Q27: What is your occupation at your main workplace (type of main workplace) ____
Q28: What is your status in your main occupation?
[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Employer
[] 3 Cooperative (industrial) member
[] 4 Entrepreneur
[] 5 Self-employed
[] 6 Family member assisting family business
[] 7 Member of farming household
[] 8 Other
Interviewer instructions
Questions 22-32 are registered only for the people of 15 years old and higher.
Question 28
The status of the main occupation
This question is filled in for the people who had a job or profitable occupation in October 3-9, 2001 (for whom in the 25th question "yes" prompt code was written). Here the prompt codes that correspond one of the prompts are written.
1. "Hired worker" is considered to be those people who work in the organizations or establishments based on a contract (written or oral) and are paid by salary (money or goods). This prompt code is also written for:
those people who are assigned for management
managers, supervisors and principles
students who get a salary
people who work in the organizations that belong to the relatives or the members of the family, who get a salary and work on the same basis and have the same rights as the other people doing the same job and the religious workers.
2. "Employer" is considered to be those people who direct their own organization (business) on their own basis or with one or several partners and hire one or more workers for the organization. Also, the partners may or may not be the members of the same family or household.
3. "The member of the cooperative (production)" is considered to be those people who work in their own establishments producing goods and services and are an active (working) member in taking part in the process of the production, consumption of goods and dividing the profit with other workers with the same rights. A hired citizen working in the cooperative (production, consumption) is not considered to be the member of the cooperative.
4. "Businessman" is considered to be those people who direct their establishment or who realize professional, trade, creative activities or other activities for which they don't hire people or they hire for a very short period of time.
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5. "Self-employed" is considered to be those people who are engaged in the profitable professional and trade activities without engaging any workers. In some cases, even if they engage workers then it's not permanent. People who are engaged in the personal households are also in this group.
6. "The member of the family supporting the activity of the organization" is considered to be those people who work in the organization or establishment that belongs to the member of the family or relative without payment for helping and supporting. As a rule they don't get a payment, of either money or goods, instead they work for a certain reward or for the family budget.
7. "The member of the agriculture" is considered to be those people who are engaged in agriculture.
8. "Other status" is written for those people whose status of activity is not possible to include in any of the mentioned above.