Interviewer instructions
5.3.13 Item 17 and 18: use of hired labour:
Against these two items information relating to the use of hired labour by the household in crop production or any other enterprise will be recorded in terms of the specified codes, which are:
For column (17)
Hired labour:
Regularly - 1
During peak seasons only- 2
Casually - 3
Hires no labour for crop production - 4
Households with no crop production - 5
For column (18)
Hired labour:
Regularly - 1
During peak seasons only - 2
Casually - 3
Hires no labour for other productive enterprises - 4
Households with no other productive enterprises - 5
To illustrate, if a household engaged hired labour regularly for crop production, code 1 will be recorded against item 17. If labour is hired only during peak reasons, code 2 will be recorded. On the other hand, if use of hired labour is only casual code 3 and very rare or nil, code 4 will be recorded. If the households is not engaged in crop production activities, code 5 will be recorded against item 17. Similar information relating to use of hired labourer in enterprises other than crop production will be recorded against item 18. The information to be collected against these items will relate to the pattern normally followed by the sample household and not to any specific period or point of time.
