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Economic Characteristics -- for all individuals ten years of age and older

[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]

Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.


[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]


16. What is the category or position you hold in the exercise of your profession?

Ask each question in the order given and upon receiving an affirmative response, mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Worker?
[] 2 Employee?
[] 3 Own account (does not have employees)?
[] 4 Owner or partner (has employees)?
[] 5 Family worker without a fixed wage?
[] 6 Unanswered

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Economic Characteristics


1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).


[p.161]

2. The Census will take place on September 30.

You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.

The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."

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3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.

The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.

[p.163]

4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.

Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].

[p.164]

5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].

[p.165]

6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.

But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.


8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.

These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.


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20. In the same manner as for questions 14 and 15, you will ask the question number 16 only of those persons who have given answers to one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] for question number 13.

The question number 16 refers to the [category] or [position] that the person has in the exercise of his/her occupation (consult the census form).

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Panel 5

1- Worker

Person who carries out an activity that is predominantly manual and who works for a day wage or a salary, for a public or private boss or employer.


These are workers, among others:
a) The domestic employees (cook, nanny, butler, maid, chauffer, gardener, etc.);
b) Builders and other construction laborers;
c) Supervisors, laborers, and other workers in agricultural enterprises;
d) Drivers of public transportation vehicles;
e) Stackers, porters, deliverymen, packagers, workers, etc.


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2-Employee
Person in whose work the predominant work involves intellectual activities over physical activities and who work for a salary, for a public or private boss or employee. The following are employees, among others:

a) The directors, managers, inspectors, bosses, secretaries, etc;
b) The professors, salaried professionals, assistants to independent professionals;
c) The employees who work at a desk, counter, or in an office;
d) The payment collectors, salesmen, traveling salesmen, etc.


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3- Self-employed (does not have employees)
Person who without depending on a boss, exploits his/her own economic enterprise, or who practices, on his/her own account, a profession or job, without employing any paid worker.


4- Boss or partner (has employees)
Person who exploits his/her own economic enterprise, or who practices, on his/her own account, a profession or job, and has one or more paid workers.


5- Unpaid permanent family worker
Person who works in an enterprise or business that is owned by a relative and who does not receive fixed payment.


[The examples for question 14, 15 and 16 in pages 183-188 are not presented here.]