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For persons 10 years old or older (born until July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


4.46 What was the principal activity in business, company, firm, institution or organization where you worked during the week of July 23-29, 2000?

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For persons age 10 or over (born on or before July 31, 1990)
[Applies to questions 4.36 - 4.61]


Question 4.46 - What was the main activity of the company, firm, institution or organization where you worked during the week of July 25 to 31, 2000?

In this question:

  • note that the company's activity is not necessarily related to the occupation exercised. Therefore, a driver might exercise his or her occupation in highway passenger transportation, cargo transportation, in a public company, in remunerated domestic work, etc.;
  • identify the main activity of the business, company, firm, etc., where the person worked during the week of reference; that is, the main objective or line of the business, firm, institution, company or organization he or she worked for, or the nature of the activity exercised by persons who worked as self-employed;
  • for persons who worked in activities related to farming, silviculture, cattle raising, plant extraction, fishing and fish raising, record the main activity of the enterprise;
  • for persons who worked in agribusiness, record:

  • the main activity in the case of the person who owns the establishment; and
  • the activity in which the person exercised his or her occupation, in the case of any other worker.

  • for persons who worked in a company that assigned its personnel to provide services in other companies, record the activity of the company where she or he was registered as an employee; and


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  • for persons who worked in the manufacturing of certain items (labels, packages, glass, etc.) only to add them to the final product, the record should refer to the manufacturing of this final product.


It is essential that the record clearly express the objective of the main activity of the enterprise, firm, company, institution or organization.
Therefore, generic entries such as the following should be avoided:

Service is a generic entry. The correct entry would be: security services, city cleaning services, etc.
Department is a generic entry. The correct entry would be municipal department of education, state treasury department, etc.
Commerce, or trade, is a generic entry. The correct entry would be cloth trade, paint trade, candy peddler's trade.


Do not record company names, acronyms, etc.