National Sample Survey 1987-1988 (43rd Round) - Schedule 10 - Employment and Unemployment
India, 1987 - 1988
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Principal Usual Activity Status (PUAS) Code (B6_v02)
Data file: NSS43_Sch10_bk_6-1
Overview
Valid:
667848
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
31
End:
32
Width:
2
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Principal Usual Activity Status (PUAS) Code
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 11 | Worked in Household Enterprises (Self-Employed). |
| 21 | Worked as Helper in Household Enterprises |
| 31 | Worked as Regular Salaried/Wage Employee |
| 41 | Worked as Casual Wage Labour in Public Work |
| 51 | Worked as Casual Wage Labour in Other Types Of Work |
| 61 | Had Work But Did Not Work Due to Sickness |
| 62 | Had Work But Did Not Work Due to Other Reasons |
| 71 | Had Regular Employment But Did Not Work Due to Sicknes |
| 72 | Had Regular Employment But Did Not Work Due to Other Reasons |
| 81 | Sought Work |
| 82 | Did Not Seek but Available For Work |
| 91 | Attended Educational Institution |
| 92 | Attended Domestic Duties Only |
| 93 | Attended Domestic Duties & also Engaged Work For Household Use |
| 94 | Renters, Pensioners, Remittance Recipients, Etc. |
| 95 | Not Able to Work Due to Disability. |
| 96 | Beggars, Prostitutes, Etc |
| 97 | Others |
| 98 | Did Not Work Due to Sickness(For Casual Workers Only) |
| 99 |
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
Usual activity status of a person will be determined on the basis of the various activities pursued by the person during the reference period of 365 days adopting 'relatively long time (or major time)' criterion. As mentioned earlier, the activities are grouped into, three major categories - 'working', 'not working but seeking and /or available for work' and 'neither working nor available for work'. For determining the 'usual activity status' of a person, he or she has to be first classified into any one of the above three broad category groups on the basis of the time spent on them during the reference period of 365 days. Thus, the broad activity status of a person will be the one out of the three, 'working', 'available for work', 'neither working nor available for work', on which the person spent relatively long period during the 365 days. In deciding this, one should consider only the normal working time available for pursuing the various activities and not 24 hrs. of each day. After deciding the broad usual status of the person, the detailed activity, status within the broad group will be determined adopting again the 'relatively long' or 'major time' criterion. The detailed activity status, thus determined, will be the principal usual activity status of the person.