Status in employment code N

Guide for use:

CODE 1     Employee

This code represents a person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, or a retainer fee from their employer while working on a commission basis or for tips, piece-rates or payment in kind. An employee may also be a person who operates his or her own incorporated enterprise with or without hiring employees.

CODE 2     Employer

This code represents a person who operates his or her own unincorporated economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.

CODE 3     Own account worker

This code represents a person who operates his or her own unincorporated economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires no employees.

CODE 4     Contributing family worker

This code represents a person who works without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a relative.

CODE 9     Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the item has not been collected.

Origin:

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Labour Statistics Concepts, Sources and Methods. Cat. no. 6102.0. Canberra: ABS. Reference through: http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/
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