Definition
Derived variable:
This variable is intended to identify persons who are in precarious employment situations.
Informal employment includes all persons aged 15 years and older who are employed and work in:
• Private households and who are helping unpaid in a household business; or
• Working for someone else for pay and are NOT entitled to basic benefits from their employer such as a pension or medical aid and has no written contract; or
• Working in the informal sector.
Formal employment includes all persons aged 15 years and older who are employed and who do NOT meet the above criteria.
Employers and own-account workers aged 15 years and older are included in the category 'Other'.
Derived from a series of questions:
Status (Derived variable)
Sector 2 (Derived variable)
Work for whom (Question 4.5)
Contribution to pension or retirement fund (Question 4.6)
Medical aid or health insurance contributions (Question 4.9)
Employment contract (Question 4.11)
