Results from Group 4

TanzaniaZimbabweS. AfricaMauritius

ECA expert

Def:Informal sector employment

• Legal Organisation- unincorporated enterprises

• Ownership -Household enterprise

• Type of accounts - separate set of accounts

• Size of enterprise

• Registration of enterprise

Assumptions of data collection

• Policy well outlined

• Users identified – consulted in the design

• Well skilled team

• Resources limited

• Annual survey

Country experience

• Mauritius – filtering through employers/oaw to generate employment in informal sector

• Zimbabwe – Filtering by institutional sectors (exclude public sector), size, registration – no questions on set of accounts

• Tanzania – Using institutional sector, size and set of accounts to identify

• S. Africa – Filtering through VAT/income tax registration

Flow of questions

• Demographic characteristics

• Educational background

• Location

Sequence questions

Part 1. Is the establishment/enterprise where you have your main employment:– 1 -Public administration– 2 - Public/parastatal bodies– 3 - Private non agricultural– 4 - Agricutural/livestock/fishery– 5 - International organisation– 6 - Cooperatives– 7 - NGO/Syndicate/etc.– 8 - Private households– 9 - Other specify …………..

Size

• 2. How many persons (including yourself) usually work at your place of work? …….

Registration

3. What is the legal status of the enterprise where you are working?– 1 - Individual proprietor– 2 - Household members– 3 - Partnership with members of other

households– 4 - Company– 5 - Cooperative society

4. Has the enterprise already been registered?

1 -Yes

2 - In the process of registering

3 - No

4 - Don’t know

Type of enterprise

5. What type of registration does your enterprise has?– 1 - Income tax– 2 - VAT– 3 - Business registration – 4 - Social security– 5 - Other specify ……………………….– 6 - Don’t know– 7 - None

Activity

6. What is the activity of the enterprise where you are working?

………………………………..

Products

7. What type of goods or services are being produced by your enterprise?

………………………………

8. For which purpose those goods/services meant for?– Market– Non/market (own consumption)

Range of employees

9. Indicate the specific range of employees in the enterprise you are working?

1. Less than 5

2. 6 to 9

3. 10 to 19

4. 20 to 49

5. 50 to 99

6. 100 and above

Set of accounts (for employers/own account worker)

10. Do you have a formal set of accounts for your enterprise?

– 1 - Yes– 2 - No– 3 - Don’t know

11. Does the enterprise have a separate sets of accounts from the household?– 1 - Yes– 2 - No– 3 - Don’t know

QUESTION 2

Question no. in part 1 Targeted respondent Code

1 – public enterprise or not All 3, 6, 7, 9

2 – no. of employees All Not applic.

3 – legal status All 1, 2, 3, 5

4 – process of registration All 3, 4

5 – type of registration Employers/OAW/MPC 6, 7

6 - activity All Not appl.

7 – goods/services produced All Not appl.

8 – destination of gds/serv All 1

9 – range of employees Employers/OAW/MPC Not applicable

10 – set of accounts Employers/OAW/MPC

11 – separate set of accounts Employers/OAW/MPC

QUESTION 3

• Activity• Goods and services produced• Destination of products• Hours worked• Education• Income/turnover• Occupation (skilled/non skilled)• Health and safety compliance