Question pretext
§ The category refers to the employment relationship or contract that a person has with the employer.
§ “Paid workers” are those who have received some form of monetary compensation for the work performed.
The categories identified on the questionnaire are defined as follows:
Literal question
What category of worker are you /..... in your job?
Categories
| Value |
Category |
| 1 |
Paid employee, government |
| 2 |
Paid employee, private establishment |
| 3 |
Private employee - Statutory body |
| 4 |
Paid employee -- Private home |
| 5 |
Self-employed with paid employees |
| 6 |
Self-employed without paid employees |
| 7 |
Apprentice/learners |
| 8 |
Unpaid worker/volunteer |
| 9 |
Unpaid family worker |
| 10 |
Other |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
§ All persons answering this question should proceed to Question 77 except Self employed persons with or without employees coded at options 5 and 6 respectively who are required to continue to the next two questions, Q75 and Q76 which relate directly to the operations of their small business.