Interviewer instructions
Column P32 - Work status
144. In column P32, you are required to find out the work status of the respondent. It is important to probe and ascertain the respondent's actual status; that is, whether he/she is an employer, employee etc. Then code using the given codes.
Ask, 'what was --- working as?' If they answer 'employer', enter code 1; if 'self employed', enter code 2, etc.
145 Concepts to help you identify the above group.
(a) Employer
A person who engages the services of another person for the production of goods/services.
(b) Employee
A person who works for a public or private employer and is paid by this employer. All apprentices should be considered as Employees.
(c) Self employed
A person who operates his or her own enterprise (e.g. farmer, petty trader, carpenter) or a person who operates his or her own enterprise directly without employing private people except family members as helpers.
(d) Family employee
A person who helps in running an economic enterprise operated by a member or members of his/her family without an agreed mode of payment.
(e) Others will include categories not listed above.
