Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment July, 1993-June, 1994 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1993 - 1994
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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Principal usual activity status 1 (IN1993A_0413)
Data file: IND1993-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
145
End:
146
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Principal usual activity
[Questions 12- 16.]
12. Status:
[] 11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker
[] 12 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer
[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)
[] 31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
[] 41 Worked as casual wage labour: in public works
[] 51 Worked as casual wage labour: in other types of work
[] 81 Did not seek but was seeking and/or available for work
[] 91 Attended educational institution
[] 92 Attended domestic duties only
[] 93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use
[] 94 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc.
[] 95 Not able to work due to disability
[] 96 Beggars, prostitutes
[] 97 Others
[Questions 12- 16.]
12. Status:
[] 11 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker
[] 12 Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer
[] 21 Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)
[] 31 Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
[] 41 Worked as casual wage labour: in public works
[] 51 Worked as casual wage labour: in other types of work
[] 81 Did not seek but was seeking and/or available for work
[] 91 Attended educational institution
[] 92 Attended domestic duties only
[] 93 Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use
[] 94 Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients etc.
[] 95 Not able to work due to disability
[] 96 Beggars, prostitutes
[] 97 Others
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 11 | Own account worker in household enterprise |
| 12 | Employer in household enterprise |
| 21 | Unpaid family worker in household enterprises |
| 31 | Regular salaried/ wage employee |
| 41 | Casual wage labor in public works |
| 51 | Casual wage labor in other types of work |
| 81 | Did not work but was seeking and/or available for work |
| 91 | Attended educational institutions |
| 92 | Attended domestic duties only |
| 93 | Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods, sewing, tailing, weaving, etc. for household use |
| 94 | Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipient |
| 95 | Not able to work due to disability |
| 96 | Beggars, prostitutes |
| 97 | Others |
| 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
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
5.4.10 Principal usual activity: Information relating to the principal usual activity statuses and the subsidiary economic activity statuses and the corresponding industry-occupations will be collected for each of the members listed in this block in cols (13) - (15). The particulars of usual activity are collected with reference to a period of 365 days preceding the date of survey. The relevant concepts like 'activity statuses',' economic activity', 'principal usual activity', 'subsidiary economic activity' etc. are explained in the beginning of this section under 'concepts and definitions'.
5.4.11 Column (12): Status: For each of the members, the principal usual activity status will be recorded in this column. In the first instance the broad principal usual activity of the person will be identified based on the various activities pursued by the person during the reference period of last 365 days adopting a 'relatively long time (or major time)' criterion, not necessarily for a continuous period. The broad principal usual activity status will be one of the three categories viz. 'employed'(working), 'unemployed' (available for work) or 'not in labour force' (neither willing nor available for work). It is to be noted that in deciding this, only the normal working hours available for pursuing various activities need be considered, and not the 24 hours of a day. Identification of this broad usual status category is explained below. The broad principal usual activity status will be obtained on the basis of a two stage dichotomous classification depending on the major time spent. Persons will be classified in the first stage into (i) those who are engaged in any economic activity (i.e. employed) and / or available for any economic activity (i.e. unemployed) and (ii) who are not engaged and not available for any economic activity i.e., the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which of these two statuses the person spent major part of the year. In the second stage, those who are found in the labour force will be further classified into working (i.e., engaged in economic activity or employed) and seeking and/or available for work (i.e. unemployed) based on the major time spent. Thus we can obtain the broad principal usual status as one of the three viz. employed, unemployed and out of labour force.
Diagrammatically the procedure is as follows:
[p. 18]
[The diagram is changed into the following:]
During the major time of the ref. year, was the persons working or available for work? [Yes or No]
Yes: Was the major time in labour force spent in "work"? [Yes or No]
Yes: Broad status is "employed"
No: Broad status is "unemployed"
No: Broad status is "not in labour force". [End]
Thus, the procedure followed in the identification of the broad usual status classification is different from the one followed in the past rounds. The following example will help in highlighting the differences as also clarify the procedure.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- person Number of months
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Labour force Not in Principal usual
------------------------labour activity status
Employed Unemployed Force according to 50th
round
----------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A 5 4 3 Employed
B 4 5 3 Unemployed
C 4 3 5 Employed
D 4 1 7 Not in labour force
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[p.19]
Note: In case of C as per the procedure followed in past rounds, he would have been categorised as not in labour force whereas he is now categorised as employed.
With the broad category identified for a person, detailed activity status will be assigned on the basis of relatively longer time spent on a detailed activity. For example, suppose A in the example given above worked in household enterprises without hiring labour for 3 months and worked as casual labour for 2 months, then his principal usual activity status would be, worked in household enterprise (own account worker). The detailed principal status activity codes are as given below.
11. Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker
12. Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer
21. Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)
31. Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
41. Worked as casual wage labour: in public works
51. Worked as casual wage labour: in other types of work
81. Did not seek but was seeking and/or available for work
91. Attended educational institution
92. Attended domestic duties only
93. Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use
94. Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.
95. Not able to work due to disability
96. Beggars, prostitutes
97. Others
Codes 11, 12, 21, 31, 41 and 51 refer to the 'employed', 81 to the 'unemployed' and the remaining viz. 91 to 97 refer to the 'not in labour force'. Definitions of categories of workers are provided in this section under 'Concepts and Definitions'.
(i) It may be emphasised that the definitions used for describing helper in household enterprises is different from the one used in earlier rounds. It is to be noted that availability for work being more of a status than an activity, a person being available for work may well be engaged in one or more of the activities denoted by codes 91 to 97. In all such cases except those engaged as students (code 91), person swill be categorised as 'unemployed' if he/she reports to be available for work for a relatively longer period, in spite of his/her being engaged simultaneously in a non-economic activity. But if a person who is available for work is reported to have attended educational institution more or less regularly for a relatively longer period during the preceding 365 days, further probing as to whether he will give up the study if the job is available is to be made before considering him as 'unemployed.
(ii) Again, it also needs to be emphasised that the procedure to be followed in ascertaining the activity status of a domestic servant who is a member of the employer's household is different than the procedure adopted for other member of the household. It could be seen from para. 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 that engagement in domestic duties by the member of a household is not considered economic activity as defined for the survey. On the other hand, although a domestic servant staying in the employer's household and taking food from the common kitchen is, by definition, a member of the employer's household, he/she is engaged in domestic duties in return of wages in cash and/or kind. Thus, as a special case, domestic duties pursued by a domestic servant will be considered as an economic activity and the activity status code as is applicable will be assigned to him/her.
5.4.11 Column (12): Status: For each of the members, the principal usual activity status will be recorded in this column. In the first instance the broad principal usual activity of the person will be identified based on the various activities pursued by the person during the reference period of last 365 days adopting a 'relatively long time (or major time)' criterion, not necessarily for a continuous period. The broad principal usual activity status will be one of the three categories viz. 'employed'(working), 'unemployed' (available for work) or 'not in labour force' (neither willing nor available for work). It is to be noted that in deciding this, only the normal working hours available for pursuing various activities need be considered, and not the 24 hours of a day. Identification of this broad usual status category is explained below. The broad principal usual activity status will be obtained on the basis of a two stage dichotomous classification depending on the major time spent. Persons will be classified in the first stage into (i) those who are engaged in any economic activity (i.e. employed) and / or available for any economic activity (i.e. unemployed) and (ii) who are not engaged and not available for any economic activity i.e., the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which of these two statuses the person spent major part of the year. In the second stage, those who are found in the labour force will be further classified into working (i.e., engaged in economic activity or employed) and seeking and/or available for work (i.e. unemployed) based on the major time spent. Thus we can obtain the broad principal usual status as one of the three viz. employed, unemployed and out of labour force.
Diagrammatically the procedure is as follows:
[p. 18]
[The diagram is changed into the following:]
During the major time of the ref. year, was the persons working or available for work? [Yes or No]
Yes: Was the major time in labour force spent in "work"? [Yes or No]
Yes: Broad status is "employed"
No: Broad status is "unemployed"
No: Broad status is "not in labour force". [End]
Thus, the procedure followed in the identification of the broad usual status classification is different from the one followed in the past rounds. The following example will help in highlighting the differences as also clarify the procedure.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- person Number of months
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Labour force Not in Principal usual
------------------------labour activity status
Employed Unemployed Force according to 50th
round
----------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A 5 4 3 Employed
B 4 5 3 Unemployed
C 4 3 5 Employed
D 4 1 7 Not in labour force
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[p.19]
Note: In case of C as per the procedure followed in past rounds, he would have been categorised as not in labour force whereas he is now categorised as employed.
With the broad category identified for a person, detailed activity status will be assigned on the basis of relatively longer time spent on a detailed activity. For example, suppose A in the example given above worked in household enterprises without hiring labour for 3 months and worked as casual labour for 2 months, then his principal usual activity status would be, worked in household enterprise (own account worker). The detailed principal status activity codes are as given below.
11. Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): own account worker
12. Worked in household enterprise (self-employed): employer
21. Worked as a helper in household enterprise (unpaid family worker)
31. Worked as regular salaried/wage employee
41. Worked as casual wage labour: in public works
51. Worked as casual wage labour: in other types of work
81. Did not seek but was seeking and/or available for work
91. Attended educational institution
92. Attended domestic duties only
93. Attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc., for household use
94. Rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc.
95. Not able to work due to disability
96. Beggars, prostitutes
97. Others
Codes 11, 12, 21, 31, 41 and 51 refer to the 'employed', 81 to the 'unemployed' and the remaining viz. 91 to 97 refer to the 'not in labour force'. Definitions of categories of workers are provided in this section under 'Concepts and Definitions'.
(i) It may be emphasised that the definitions used for describing helper in household enterprises is different from the one used in earlier rounds. It is to be noted that availability for work being more of a status than an activity, a person being available for work may well be engaged in one or more of the activities denoted by codes 91 to 97. In all such cases except those engaged as students (code 91), person swill be categorised as 'unemployed' if he/she reports to be available for work for a relatively longer period, in spite of his/her being engaged simultaneously in a non-economic activity. But if a person who is available for work is reported to have attended educational institution more or less regularly for a relatively longer period during the preceding 365 days, further probing as to whether he will give up the study if the job is available is to be made before considering him as 'unemployed.
(ii) Again, it also needs to be emphasised that the procedure to be followed in ascertaining the activity status of a domestic servant who is a member of the employer's household is different than the procedure adopted for other member of the household. It could be seen from para. 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 that engagement in domestic duties by the member of a household is not considered economic activity as defined for the survey. On the other hand, although a domestic servant staying in the employer's household and taking food from the common kitchen is, by definition, a member of the employer's household, he/she is engaged in domestic duties in return of wages in cash and/or kind. Thus, as a special case, domestic duties pursued by a domestic servant will be considered as an economic activity and the activity status code as is applicable will be assigned to him/her.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the economic status of the person's principal usual activity.
Universe
Persons age 5+
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |