Priority Survey I 1992
Gambia, The, 1992
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main economic activity (s1Q13)
Data file: ps92s_1
Overview
Valid:
10308
Invalid:
8927
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
12
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
44
End:
45
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was [name's ] main economic activity during the past 12 months?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Self Employ:Agric producer |
| 2 | Self Employ:Pasturalist |
| 3 | Self Employ:Food Sales |
| 4 | Self Employ:Non-food sales |
| 5 | Other |
| 6 | Family helper |
| 7 | Wage earner:Public sector |
| 8 | Wage earner: Priv-agic |
| 9 | Wage earner:Priv-non-agric |
| 10 | Student/trainnee/apprentice |
| 11 | Not in paid workforce |
| 12 | Other |
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
Main economic activity refers to the activity where the person spent most of their productive time during the last 12 months i.e. their occupastion kof tko their main source of income.
Self employed people are those who are not working for otehrs for a wage or salary but run their own business factories market stall, workshops, traders, farms etc, Ordinary such people will have their own place of busiess and determine their own hours of work and work program. They may do other people's work by fixing an hourly rate or charging by the job. They could also be engaged in partnership.
A family helper is a household member who participates directly in the family's income production (eg cash crop production) fkor no regular cash wage or agreed share of the profits, Carinf for children or taking care okf the house os not a direct economic activity and such family members should not be recorded as family helpers.--bit as 11 "not in work force"
A wage earner is a person who is paid money for the work that he or she does in either the puplic or the private sector. People who are paid in kind such as with board and lodging may or may not be wage earners. If the payment in kind is fixed and consistent than they may be considered wage earners. otherwise they may be family helpers of they are working in family production or not in the paid workforce. You will need to decide that in the light of the circumstances.
Not in the paid workforce includes children not working and also not attending school unless they help with household production, in which case they may be considered to be family helpers. Also included aare household members who are unemployed who care for children or the home retired or old people people who make their income from begging and those unable to work such as the disabled or prisoners.Other includes people who are living opn rental incomes past savings interest inheritence, gambling income etc.
Self employed people are those who are not working for otehrs for a wage or salary but run their own business factories market stall, workshops, traders, farms etc, Ordinary such people will have their own place of busiess and determine their own hours of work and work program. They may do other people's work by fixing an hourly rate or charging by the job. They could also be engaged in partnership.
A family helper is a household member who participates directly in the family's income production (eg cash crop production) fkor no regular cash wage or agreed share of the profits, Carinf for children or taking care okf the house os not a direct economic activity and such family members should not be recorded as family helpers.--bit as 11 "not in work force"
A wage earner is a person who is paid money for the work that he or she does in either the puplic or the private sector. People who are paid in kind such as with board and lodging may or may not be wage earners. If the payment in kind is fixed and consistent than they may be considered wage earners. otherwise they may be family helpers of they are working in family production or not in the paid workforce. You will need to decide that in the light of the circumstances.
Not in the paid workforce includes children not working and also not attending school unless they help with household production, in which case they may be considered to be family helpers. Also included aare household members who are unemployed who care for children or the home retired or old people people who make their income from begging and those unable to work such as the disabled or prisoners.Other includes people who are living opn rental incomes past savings interest inheritence, gambling income etc.