ibps-so 2016 · Question 244 of 394

According to the author, why may a part of the recorded fall in participation be an artefact of the counting?

1. ABecause enumerators are instructed to record only the occupation of the head of the household
2. BBecause a woman who works upon the family plot but describes herself as engaged in housework is recorded as outside the labour forceCorrect
3. CBecause surveys are conducted in the season at which women are least likely to be at work
4. DBecause the surveys exclude every household whose income falls below a stated gure
5. EBecause women are unwilling to disclose their earnings to an o cial who calls at the door