Labour Force Employed

The employed is an individual (male or female), ten years old (or above), who practiced work of economic value, for at least one hour, during the week preceding the night of the reference time, regardless whether the work performed was inside or outside the housing units, for the individual or in a project owned by a member of the household, or for others. The individual is also considered as employed even if he/she did not engage in productive work during that week of reference time, if he/she satisfied the following conditions:

a.   Already works for others, but he/she did not practice this work because of a holiday, ailment or difficult circumstances.

b.   Originally self-employed (i.e. working for himself/herself or an employer), but did not practice the work due to difficult circumstances or because of the nature of the work itself. For example, the farmer who has prepared his land, sown it, and is waiting for harvest shall be considered as employed, provided that he/she is not looking for work during that period. This is also applicable to the household members who permanently work with him. However, the housewife is excluded, because she should not be considered as an employed person unless she was engaged actually in work during the reference week.

Unemployed

Is an individual (male or female) 10 years and above, capable of performing work, and who did not perform any kind of work during the week preceding the census reference night though he/she was seriously looking for it.
Unemployment can be categorized in two groups

A. Unemployed Previously Working: Is an individual who performed work prior to his/her present unemployment.

B. Unemployed Never Worked:  Is an individual who has never worked before.

 

House Work Attendant

This applies to everyone (male or female) whose activities are limited to domestic work inside the housing unit.
 

Student

Is a capable individual who was enrolled in a school, college or university and is fully engaged in study.

Income Recipient

Is an individual able to work but does not fall within the above categories and who is living on revenues from rent, invested money, donations from others or supported by his/her relatives.
 

Unable to Work

Is an individual who is unable to carry out work (including house work), because of old age or physical/mental disability. For the purpose of the census, prisoners are classified in this category.

 

Current Main Occupation

Is the type of work carried out by an employed individual such as a pediatrician, farmer, primary level teacher, accountant, architectural engineer, office boy, watchman, broadcaster, male barber (hair dresser), sales manager, shopkeeper... etc.
 

Economic Activity

Is the economic field or sector where the individual is practicing his/her current main occupation.
 

Employment Status

This refers to the situation in which an individual practices his/her occupation within a specific economic activity.

1.Employer: A person who operates his/her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and hires one or more waged employees, in cash or kind, even if those were some of his/her household members.

2.Own Account Worker: A person working in his/her own establishment or independently in a profession or trade, provided that he/she does not employ a waged worker. However, his/her status will not be changed if he/she employed a non-paid household member. In case he/she pays a wage for the household member he/she shall then be considered as an employer.

3.Employee: A person working for others, whether an individual, public or private establishment, for a wage (cash or nominal) which is paid on a periodic basis (daily, weekly, monthly...) or according to a piece-rate basis.

4.Unpaid Worker: A person who is working in a household enterprise or a project of another household, without receiving a specified salary.

 

Sector

The sector in which the individual is classified as follows:

1.Public: If the individual is working for an establishment fully owned by the government. This includes the ministries, government units and other related institutions whether they are administrative or commercial in nature.

2.Private: If the individual works for an establishment owned by the private sector, or jointly shared with the government.

3.Family: If the individual works in an establishment owned by the household and at its expense. This sector also includes the profit seeking household enterprises (informal sector).

4.Communal: If the individual works for an institution owned by the society such as Clubs, Associations and such other institutions... etc.

5.Other: If the individual works for a religious institution, or an institution owned by a regional or international organization, or in an embassy, more or less of a non-economic nature.