Literal question
Because of a physical, mental or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more, does this person have any difficulty in doing any of the following activities? - (Answer if person is 15 YEARS OLD OR OVER) Working at a job or business?
Interviewer instructions
It is quite possible for someone to suffer from a long-standing illness (e.g. asthma, diabetes) without experiencing any limitation in his/her activities. What this question seeks to establish is whether in spite of the disability stated in Q.45 and which may have been diagnosed in Q.46, the respondent has also lost the ability to perform basic tasks, which persons normally perform for themselves.
Again, as in Q.42 the reference in this question is to a condition lasting six months or more, which is not of a temporary nature. As in the previous question, you must accept the respondent's answer. Part (d) must be asked only of persons 15 years and over.