Literal question
(8) Follow-up question for children 5-14 years
[Questions 1-21 were asked of persons who were 5-14 years old.]
If code 1 in question 3
[Questions 5-12 were asked of persons who were currently attending school, per question 3.]
If code 1 in question 5:
[Questions 6-12 were asked of children who were also working, per question 5.]
9. Reason for working:
[] 1 To supplement household income
[] 2 Shortage of labour in household enterprise
[] 3 To acquire skill
[] 4 To meet personal expenses
[] 5 To spend vacation time
[] 6 Forced to repay loan
[] 9 Others
Interviewer instructions
5.8.0 Block 8: Follow-up questions for children aged 5-14 years: This block, which will be filled in only for persons aged5-14 years in children, is meant to record the education and activity profile of children. The details to be recorded include school attendance particulars, work related activity, etc. The time reference for identifying the activities pursued by children will be strictly that followed in either block 4 or block 5. Instead a reasonable regularity activity will be the criteria. A child will be considered working if he has spent at least a day any work with some regularity which may be seasonal.
5.8.9 Column (9): Reason for working: The reason which forces the child to work will be recorded in codes as follows:
1. To supplement household income
2. Shortage of labour in household enterprise
3. To acquire skill
4. To meet personal expenses
5. To spend vacation time
6. Forced to repay loan
9. Others
The codes are self-explanatory. Code 6 is intended for cases where the child is forced to work as part of repayment of hereditary loan or a loan contracted by other members of the household. The child in this case may not be getting any pay or may be begetting a nominal pay only. In case more than one reason are found applicable to a child, the one which appears first in the code list will be given. For a member who is an employee or a domestic servant, the reference of the household in the reason code will mean his/her parent household. In case he/she does not have any parent household, then one of the codes 3 and 4 will be applicable to him/her.
