HOUSEHOLD: The household is a group consisting of one or several persons, irrespective of the existence of a family tie among them, who live in the same house or a part thereof, eating from the same kitchen, pooling their incomes and expenditures, and participating in the household services and management.
EMPLOYED PERSON: An person employed is defined as a person over 12 years of age performing an economic activity during the survey period on his own account, or for a salary or wage, or for an employer, or as a family worker.
INCOME EARNING INDIVIDUAL: An income earning individual is a person 12 years of age or over who earns an income in cash or in kind or a person working as a non-paid family worker.
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: The employment status of a person in his work is determined by the following categories.
Salary or wage earner: A salary or wage earner is a person employed by another for a remuneration in cash or in kind.
Employer: An employer is a person who employs at least one person in his field of activity.
Self employed: A self employed person is a person working in his own business such as agriculture or trade, by himself or together with non-paid family workers to obtain an income in cash and/or in kind.
Non-paid family workers: Non-paid family workers are household members employed in the family business without receiving a salary.
HOUSEHOLD INCOMEIncome in cash: Income in cash is the income received in terms of cash by the household members.
Income in kind: This is income received in kind (non-case services or goods) by household members. The sales prices of the item at the nearest market to the household is used for the valuation.
Personal disposable income: The personal disposable income covers the actual payments made for the production factors (salaries,interest, profit,rent) and the unilateral transfers from public and private enterprises and from abroad. Non-distributed corporate profits are excluded from these payments. The amount remaining after the deduction of direct taxes and unilateral transfers of the household to the State from total personal income is defined as the monthly personal disposable income.
Salaries and wages: This is the income received by any member of household for work as a salary or wage in cash or in kind. This income is the net income of the individual after the deduction of retirement or other social assistance remittances and taxes.
Entrepreneurial income: This is income obtained by entrepreneurs from agriculture, trade and services, or non-agricultural activities.
Urban agricultural income: The monthly amount of the total annual incomes received by the household from agricultural production and products of animal origin is taken as agricultural income.
Rural agricultural income: Since households in the rural areas are taken as an agricultural enterprises, the incomes from these enterprises are taken at their gross values and the net agricultural income is obtained by subtracting the inputs for agricultural activity.
Trade income: Trade income is the net income derived through trade activities by any member of the household.
Service income: Service income is the net income derived against services rendered by any member of the household.
Non-agricultural production income: This is the net income received by household members through non-agricultural activities (such as manufacturing, construction, energy, mining, etc.) of the household members.
Real estate income: Real estate income is the net income obtained through leasing of such real estate as buildings, land, and lots.
Movable property income (interest and dividends): This is the net income received through the lease of machinery, equipment vehicles, returns on shares and bonds, dividends, profit-sharing certificates and interest on bank deposits.
Unilateral transfers and donations from the state, private sectors and from abroad: This is the net income received by any household member from the State, private sector enterprises, or from abroad.
IMPUTED RENT: Imputed rent is the amount of rent which would normally be paid by a household regardless of the fact that the household occupies its own residence or is living in a free lodging.
RENT PAID: The rent paid covers the net rent payable by tenant households or by households living in a lodging (Fuel costs are excluded).
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION: Household consumption is the total amount spent by the household for food, restaurants dining, clothing furniture, house and personal maintenance, health and other items in cash or in kind during the month of the survey. In rural areas, it includes the items set aside from its own production by the household for its own consumption.