Interviewer instructions
Columns 14 to 16: Information in these three columns will be collected in the following ways:
i) if a person is a worker either only in the usual principal activity status (i.e., if entry in column 3 is any of 11-51 and entry is 'x' in column 4) or in subsidiary economic activity status (i.e., if entry in column 3 is any of 81-97 and entry is any of 11 to 51 in column 4), information in columns 14 to 16 will relate to the activity performed either in usual principal activity status or in subsidiary economic activity status, as the case may be.
ii) if a person is a worker in both usual principal status and subsidiary activity status (i.e., if entry in column 3 is any of 11 to51 and entry is any of 11 to 51 in column 4), the information will relate to the activity performed in the usual principal activity status.
Column (14): Is there any union/association in your activity?: Union/association will mean any registered/recognised body whose membership is open to a section of those engaged in a specific activity or trade and whose main objective is to look into the interests of its members. 'Trade' here refers to any occupation under the usual statuses 11-51. Thus, besides the usual trade unions, association of owners, self-employed persons, etc., will also be covered. The union/association sometimes may be a large body like a factory union looking after the welfare of different types/levels of workers. Depending on the respondents reply, codes 1, 2 or 9 will be recorded in this column. It is to be noted that even if a self-employed person is aware of an association which looks after the interests of those of his kind, the answer to the question will be 'no' (code-2) if the membership of such an association is not open to him or the association does not cover the locality where he/she runs the enterprise. It is possible that some of the self-employed persons are not aware of the existence of any association of the kind described above relating to his trade. In such cases, code 9 will be entered in this column.
