India - Employment and Unemployment Survey, July 1999 - June 2000, NSS 55th Round

Column (7) will be filled in for all the members listed in this block irrespective of whether or not they have worked more or less regularly during the reference year i.e., irrespective of the entry in col. (6). This is contrary to the earlier round where information relating to this column was collected only for persons who did not work more or less regularly during the reference year. In column (7), the number of months a person was without work will be recorded. The months without work need not be continuous. It is quite possible that a person was without any work for a couple of months, then in employment for some months and again out of work for a couple of months. The total of all the months out of work will include months in which person was unemployed and also months in which he/she was out of labour force i.e. neither seeking/available for work. The actual number of months will be recorded. Part of month will be rounded off to the nearest month. Hence, if the period without work is reported to be less than 30 days but 15 days or more, it should be recorded as 1 (month). Note that some of those who have reported to have worked more or less regularly during the reference year, i.e. code 1 in col. (6), after deep probing, may be found to be without work for some months. For such persons also, number of months without work will be recorded in col. (7) and entry in col. (6) should not be changed.