The Zambia Access to ACT Initiative Survey 2009
Zambia, 2009
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Oct 13, 2011
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Main Economic Activity (a3_01)
Data file: activity
Overview
Valid:
12121
Invalid:
12
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
8
End:
9
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is ......'s main economic activity?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | |
| 1 | Wage Employment |
| 2 | Own Business/Self Employed |
| 3 | Agriculture |
| 4 | Piecework |
| 5 | Unpaid Family worker |
| 6 | Looking for work |
| 7 | Capable but not looking |
| 8 | Full time student |
| 9 | Homemaker |
| 10 | Retired |
| 11 | Too old to work |
| 12 | Too sick to work |
| 26 | |
| 96 | Other |
| Sysmiss |
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
The main objective of this question is to find out what a person is engaged in currently. For example someone's main activity may be a student and while on school holidays this person finds temporary employment at the time of the survey, record them as full-time students. In cases where the respondent spent an equal amount of time on two activities, find out which one they regard as their main activity.
01 Wage employment: This refers to persons employed by someone on a fixed monthly/weekly/daily wage/salary. Students on school holidays who manage to find jobs and might be working during the reference period are to be recorded as full-time students and not as working. All persons who get paid partly in cash and in kind are included in this category (e.g. hotel workers and farm labourers).
02 Own business / self employed: This refers to persons who are running their own business such as marketers, hawkers, cobblers, timsmiths, grocery store owners, bar/bottle store operators, e.t.c. Included in this group are two or more persons running a business on partnership basis, and street vendors. Call boys at bus stations (ng'wang'wazis or kusogolo boys) and those who carry people's shopping from shops like mealie meal carriers are also classified as self employed as long as this is their main economic activity.
03 Farming, fishing and forestry (agriculture): Included in this category are farmers who till and manage their own farms, with or without the help of from other persons. Make sure all the small scale and subsistence farmers are included in this category. The current working status of all persons in agricultural and allied activities will be determined as follows:-
Agriculture: growing crops, fruits and vegetables, raising of poultry and livestock and fish farming.
Forestry: collecting or cutting wood, charcoal burning, gathering of honey and bee wax from trees, gathering of mushrooms, caterpillars, collecting wild fruits for sale e.t.c.
04 Piecework: This is work that is paid according to the quantity produced or according to agreement between the worker and the employer. It is usually on a short term basis.
05 Unpaid family worker: These are persons who normally assist in family business or farm but do not receive any pay or profit for the work so performed.
06 Not working but looking for work / means to do business: This refers to persons who are currently seeking jobs or means to do business. This includes persons who have:-
registered at various labour offices/recruitment centers, e.t.c;
gone to see possible employers to ask for jobs;
written/applied for jobs
asked friends, relatives, neighbours, e.t.c to help them find a job;
sat for interviews and are awaiting letters of offer;
made an effort to start a business e.g opening a market stall, clearing a piece of land for agricultural activity, e.t.c.
If a person did not do any of the things above but only wished to get a job or business without actually trying to find a job or means to do business then do not classify that person as looking for work but include him/her in the answer category below.
07 Not working and not looking for work/means to do business but available for work: Refers to a person who wishes to get a job or is interested in getting a job or means to do business but has not made any practical effort to get a job or means to do business. Included in this category are those persons who;-
are not sure thare is any job available
imagine they are not qualified or that there is no suitable vacancies for them
are not looking for work but are very much interested in working. They may not be looking for work due to temporary reasons such as illness
Those persons who are not working and not looking for work because they are full-time housewives or students or for any reasons should be classified in their rightful categories.
08 Full-time students: This refers to all persons whose main current activity is full-time students/pupils even if they may be engaged in some work for pay or profit at the time of the survey. Make sure you exclude students on paid study leave. These are to be classified as working (the ones on paid study leave).
09 Housewife/homemaker: These are persons who devote most of their time to looking after their own household/families/children. Homemakers who are subsistence farmers should be regarded as farmers.
10 Retired: These are persons who retired and are depending mainly on pension or retirement benefits. If a retired person is engaged in any job or business for a pay or profit or is doing some subsistence farming then he/she is to be regarded as in wage employment or farming as the case may be.
11 Too old/young to work: This refers to persons who say they are too old/young to work.
12 Too sick to work: Refers to persons who cannot work due to any type of sickness including mental illness.
96 Other (specify): This category includes all those persons that cannot be fitted in any of the obove categories. In this case enter code 96 and specify the activity the person is mainly engaged in.
01 Wage employment: This refers to persons employed by someone on a fixed monthly/weekly/daily wage/salary. Students on school holidays who manage to find jobs and might be working during the reference period are to be recorded as full-time students and not as working. All persons who get paid partly in cash and in kind are included in this category (e.g. hotel workers and farm labourers).
02 Own business / self employed: This refers to persons who are running their own business such as marketers, hawkers, cobblers, timsmiths, grocery store owners, bar/bottle store operators, e.t.c. Included in this group are two or more persons running a business on partnership basis, and street vendors. Call boys at bus stations (ng'wang'wazis or kusogolo boys) and those who carry people's shopping from shops like mealie meal carriers are also classified as self employed as long as this is their main economic activity.
03 Farming, fishing and forestry (agriculture): Included in this category are farmers who till and manage their own farms, with or without the help of from other persons. Make sure all the small scale and subsistence farmers are included in this category. The current working status of all persons in agricultural and allied activities will be determined as follows:-
Agriculture: growing crops, fruits and vegetables, raising of poultry and livestock and fish farming.
Forestry: collecting or cutting wood, charcoal burning, gathering of honey and bee wax from trees, gathering of mushrooms, caterpillars, collecting wild fruits for sale e.t.c.
04 Piecework: This is work that is paid according to the quantity produced or according to agreement between the worker and the employer. It is usually on a short term basis.
05 Unpaid family worker: These are persons who normally assist in family business or farm but do not receive any pay or profit for the work so performed.
06 Not working but looking for work / means to do business: This refers to persons who are currently seeking jobs or means to do business. This includes persons who have:-
registered at various labour offices/recruitment centers, e.t.c;
gone to see possible employers to ask for jobs;
written/applied for jobs
asked friends, relatives, neighbours, e.t.c to help them find a job;
sat for interviews and are awaiting letters of offer;
made an effort to start a business e.g opening a market stall, clearing a piece of land for agricultural activity, e.t.c.
If a person did not do any of the things above but only wished to get a job or business without actually trying to find a job or means to do business then do not classify that person as looking for work but include him/her in the answer category below.
07 Not working and not looking for work/means to do business but available for work: Refers to a person who wishes to get a job or is interested in getting a job or means to do business but has not made any practical effort to get a job or means to do business. Included in this category are those persons who;-
are not sure thare is any job available
imagine they are not qualified or that there is no suitable vacancies for them
are not looking for work but are very much interested in working. They may not be looking for work due to temporary reasons such as illness
Those persons who are not working and not looking for work because they are full-time housewives or students or for any reasons should be classified in their rightful categories.
08 Full-time students: This refers to all persons whose main current activity is full-time students/pupils even if they may be engaged in some work for pay or profit at the time of the survey. Make sure you exclude students on paid study leave. These are to be classified as working (the ones on paid study leave).
09 Housewife/homemaker: These are persons who devote most of their time to looking after their own household/families/children. Homemakers who are subsistence farmers should be regarded as farmers.
10 Retired: These are persons who retired and are depending mainly on pension or retirement benefits. If a retired person is engaged in any job or business for a pay or profit or is doing some subsistence farming then he/she is to be regarded as in wage employment or farming as the case may be.
11 Too old/young to work: This refers to persons who say they are too old/young to work.
12 Too sick to work: Refers to persons who cannot work due to any type of sickness including mental illness.
96 Other (specify): This category includes all those persons that cannot be fitted in any of the obove categories. In this case enter code 96 and specify the activity the person is mainly engaged in.
Question post text
If answer is 1, 2, 3 or 4 > Go to 3.03 (a3_03 - variable name in dataset).
Description
Universe
All household members 5 years and older.