**Table 2.** Definition of employment indicators across countries.

||**Employed**|**Employment type**|**Public/Private**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Afghanistan**|<br>Those who worked for any organization or any individual, have<br>been involved in agricultural or non-agricultural work, or had<br>permanent or long-term jobs (NRVA 07-08 / ALCS 13-14), or<br>have found a job but it was going to start later, or had a job but<br>were temporarily absent, or that were apprentice (ALL), or did<br>any work for pay/profit/family gain (NRVA 11-12).|Regular: salaried workers.<br>Casual: day laborers.<br>Self-employed: self-employed, employers.<br>Unpaid: unpaid family workers.|-|
|**Bangladesh**|<br>Those who worked or worked for livelihood (ALL HIES), or for<br>at least one hour for pay, or who had a job but was temporarily<br>absent, or who have found a job but it was going to start later, or<br>had any kind of business, or did any work for wage, or helped<br>without being paid in any kind of business run by her/his<br>household (ALL LFS).|Regular: employee (agri. and non-agri.).<br>Casual: day laborer (agri. and non-agri.).<br>Self-employed: self-employed and employer<br>(agri. and non-agri.).<br>Unpaid: unpaid family workers.<br>(Unpaid worker not available for all HIES, not<br>available in the Census too).|Public: Govt. organization, Autonomous body, Public<br>mill/factory, Local govt.<br>Private: Private mill/factory, NGO, Household, Others,<br>Private office. Also coding private for self-employees<br>and employers.<br>(Not available in Census)|
|**Bhutan**|Those who did agricultural work, or who worked for money, or<br>had profitable business, or did any unpaid work (ALL).|<br>Regular: paid employee.<br>Casual: casual paid employee.<br>Self-employed: own account worker and<br>employers<br>Unpaid: unpaid family worker.<br>(Casual employment types not available for 2003)|Public: government office or State enterprise.<br>Private: cooperatives, collective farm, joint stock<br>company, Joint venture, private non-farm enterprise,<br>private farm, Foreign company/organ, Family business.<br>(Not available for LSS 2012)|
|**India**|Those who worked in a household enterprise as an own account<br>worker or as a helper, or as an employer, or as a regular salaried<br>worker, or as a casual wage labor, or in other types of work<br>(ALL).|Regular: salaried/ wage employee.<br>Casual: casual wage labor in public works, in<br>other types of work.<br>Self-employed: workers in H.H. enterprise (own<br>account worker), and employers.<br>Unpaid: helper in H.H. enterprise.|Public: government/public sector.<br>Private: proprietaries, partnerships, cooperatives,<br>household workers.<br>(Not available for the Thin-rounds)|
|**Nepal**|Those who worked as wage employed in agriculture/non-<br>agriculture, or as self-employed, or who had a job but was<br>temporarily absent; or who were receiving any pay or other<br>returns from a job or business while not at work (LFS), or who<br>have found a job but it will start later; or who worked between 1<br>to 105 hours a week; or who worked between 1 to 117 hours a<br>week (ALL LSS).|<br>Regular: paid employee.<br>Casual: daily payment.<br>Self-employed: operating own business or family<br>business with and without regular paid employee.<br>Unpaid: family worker.<br>(No unpaid information available for all LSS).|Public: government service, financial public<br>corporation, non-financial public corporation.<br>Private: NGOs/INGOs, private registered financial<br>company, private registered non-financial company,<br>private unregistered organization, other.<br>(Not available for LSS 2003-04)|
|**Pakistan**|<br>Those who did any work for pay/profit/family gain, or who had a<br>job or enterprise, or who worked at least one hour for earning<br>money, or who worked without a wage at family farm, business<br>(ALL PIHS); or who worked at least one hour for earning money<br>(ALL PSLM/HIES/ HIICS).|Regular: paid employee.<br>Casual: contract cultivator.<br>Self-employed: owner cultivator, share cropper,<br>livestock (only), and employers.<br>Unpaid: family worker.|-|
|**Sri Lanka**|<br>Those who were employed as usual status (ALL HIES), or who<br>were involved in an economic activity, or who worked for<br>pay/profit/family gain, or who had a job or enterprise at which<br>she/he did not work when interviewed, or who were engaged,<br>even for a few hours in paid employment, own account profitable<br>work or contributing family work as an economic activity<br>(including employer), or who already got a job and ready to<br>go/already plan for self-employment activity (ALL LFS).|<br>Regular: employees that didn't receive a daily<br>payment.<br>Casual: employees that did receive a daily<br>payment.<br>Self-employed: own account worker, and<br>employers.<br>Unpaid: unpaid family worker.<br>(No employment type for HIES 2002)|Public: government employee and semi-government<br>employee.<br>Private: other type of ownership.<br>(No public/private for HIES 2002)|

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