Results from Group 4 Tanzania Zimbabwe S. Africa Mauritius 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 - Dont 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 - Dont 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 to to to to 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 - Dont know 11. Does the enterprise have a separate sets of accounts from the household? –1 - Yes –2 - No –3 - Dont know

QUESTION 2 Question no. in part 1Targeted respondentCode 1 – public enterprise or not All3, 6, 7, 9 2 – no. of employees AllNot applic. 3 – legal status All1, 2, 3, 5 4 – process of registration All3, 4 5 – type of registrationEmployers/OAW/MPC 6, activity AllNot appl. 7 – goods/services produced AllNot appl. 8 – destination of gds/serv All1 9 – range of employeesEmployers/OAW/MPC Not applicable 10 – set of accountsEmployers/OAW/MPC 11 – separate set of accountsEmployers/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