20. Please list the specific duty at work. ____
Part One. Personal Records
The following questions reflect economic characteristics of the population.
R17 through R24 apply to persons who are 15 years or older.
R20. Occupation
It refers to any kinds of paid social activities a person undertakes. Need to fill in the detailed work. This question should be answered by persons who chose 1 or 2 in R17.
Categorization of occupation follows the principle of "uniformity" of the nature of work. Uniformity means persons who conduct uniform types of work, regardless of their economic sectors, contract terms, or industrial focuses, should be put in the same category. The census defines 8 major categories, 65 secondary categories, and 410 minor categories for occupation.
Filling in this question should pay attention to the following things:
Fill in the detailed work. For example, avoid using general terms such as "worker", but be specific about the types of work such as "locksmith", "mine worker", etc. Persons work in government agencies also need to specify the detailed work content, such as "typist" and "statistician" rather than simply putting them as "cadre". For technical staff, write down their fields of expertise instead of putting them as "researcher" or "engineer".
For persons who take senior positions of technical or administrative rank, include their specific titles and posts in the answers.
If a person's work duties are not yet decided or a person is not undertaking any specific tasks, put "undecided" in the answer.
If a person does not have a regular or permanent job, record the work he or she undertook during the week prior to the census.
If a person engages in agricultural work, as long as he or she has a relatively stable job in village- or township- enterprises, put down the enterprise job (even if the person works on farmland a week prior to the census).
If a person engaged in more than one types of work the week prior to the census, record the one that he or she worked for the longest period of time. If time is unknown, record the one with the highest pay. If a person engages in different jobs at the same workplace, record the one that is more "technically advanced".
If encountering a person who is unfamiliar with types of occupation or is illiterate, ask carefully before recording his or her answers.
If encountering a person who does not know his or her or their family member's occupation, ask carefully before recording answers.
This question is the last one asking about economic activities of employed persons. Those who answered this question can skip R21 and R22 and go directly to R23.