India - Survey of Disabled Persons: NSS 47th Round, Schedule 26, July 1991 - December 1991 

Economic activity:
Any activity resulting in production of goods and services that adds value to national product was considered as economic activity. Such activities included production of all goods and services for market i.e. production for pay or profit and the production of primary commodities for own consumption and own account production of fixed assets, among the nonmarket activities. The entire spectrum of human activity falls into two categories viz. economic and non-economic activities. The economic activities have two parts - market activities and non-market activities. Market activities are those that involve remuneration to those who perform it i.e., activity performed for pay or profit. These are essentially production of goods and services for the market including those of government services etc. Non-market activities are the production for own
consumption of primary products including own account processing of primary products and own account production of fixed assets.

This column is meant for recording the usual principal activity status of the disabled members the household. The codes to be used are:
worked in hh. enterprise (self-employed) as own account worker …. 11

worked in hh. enterprise (self-employed) as employer …………….. 12

worked as helper in hh. enterprises (unpaid family worker) ……… 21

worked as regular salaried/wage employee ………………………… 31

worked as casual wage labour : in public works ………………….. 41

in other types of work …………… 51

did not work but was seeking and/or available for work …………. 81

attended educational institutions …………………………………. 91

attended domestic duties only …………………………………….. 92

attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, roots, firewood, cattle- feed etc.) sewing, tailoring, weaving etc. for household use ………………………… 93

rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc. ………………….. 94

not able to work due to disability ………………………………… 95

beggars, prostitutes ………………………………………………. 96

others …………………………………………………………….. 97