National Sample Survey 2005-2006 (62nd round) - Schedule 10 - Employment and Unemployment
India, 2005 - 2006
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Usual principal activity - Status (S10B5_v03)
Data file: NSS62_Sch10_bk_5
Overview
Valid:
377377
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
11
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
50
End:
51
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 11 | Worked in h.h. enterprise (self-employed): own account worker |
| 12 | Worked in h.h. enterprise (self-employed): employer |
| 21 | Worked as helper in h.h. 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 |
| 61 | Had work in h.h. enterprise but did not work due to: sickness |
| 62 | Had work in h.h. enterprise but did not work due to: other reasons |
| 71 | Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to: sickness |
| 72 | Had regular salaried/wage employment but did not work due to: other reasons |
| 81 | Did not work but was seeking and/or available for work |
| 82 | Did not seek but was available for work |
| 91 | Attended educational institution |
| 92 | Attended domestic duties only |
| 93 | Attended domestic duties and free collection of goods, sewing, tailoring, weaving, etc. for hhld use |
| 94 | Rentiers, pensioners , remittance recipients, etc. |
| 95 | Not able to work due to disability |
| 97 | Others (including begging, prostitution, etc.) |
| 98 | Did not work due to temporary 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 principal activity particulars of household members: The usual principal activity particulars of each member of the household will be collected in columns (3) to (6) of this block. This will include information on industry-occupation of the working members.
Column (3): Status: For each of the members, the usual principal activity status will be recorded in this column. In the first instance, the broad usual principal 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 usual principal activity status will be one of the three categories viz. 'employed' (working), 'unemployed' (available for work) or 'not in labour force' (neither working nor available for work). It is to be noted that in deciding this, only the period normally available in a day for pursuing various activities need to be considered, and not the 24 hours of a day.
Identification of broad usual principal activity status: The broad usual principal 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 also not available for any economic activity (i.e., not in labour force). Thus, the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which status, out of these two, 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 usual principal status as one of the three viz. employed, unemployed and out of labour force.
Column (3): Status: For each of the members, the usual principal activity status will be recorded in this column. In the first instance, the broad usual principal 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 usual principal activity status will be one of the three categories viz. 'employed' (working), 'unemployed' (available for work) or 'not in labour force' (neither working nor available for work). It is to be noted that in deciding this, only the period normally available in a day for pursuing various activities need to be considered, and not the 24 hours of a day.
Identification of broad usual principal activity status: The broad usual principal 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 also not available for any economic activity (i.e., not in labour force). Thus, the persons will be first classified as those in the labour force and those not in the labour force depending on in which status, out of these two, 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 usual principal status as one of the three viz. employed, unemployed and out of labour force.