Literal question
Although ___ did not work, did ___ have a job or business during the past week?
1 YES
2 NO, skip to col. 31
Interviewer instructions
Some persons may not have worked at all during the past week and therefore would have a code of “2” (NO) in column 13 but may actually have jobs or businesses
that they are temporarily not reporting to, as in the following cases:
An employee on strike
A person on vacation or sick leave
A person temporarily laid off due to non-economic reasons like machine breakdown
A person with a new job to begin within 2 weeks from the date of the interview
Regular and temporary teachers, excluding substitutes, during summer vacation who still receive pay and who expect to go back to their jobs in the next school year
These persons are considered employed even though they are not actually at work. They should have an answer of “1” - YES in column 14.
FOR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS WHO EVER WORKED OR
HAD A JOB/BUSINESS DURING THE PAST WEEK
The following columns (columns 15 to 36) should be asked for all household members 5 years old and over with an answer of code 1 in either column 13 or 14. These are the employed household members during the past week.
