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For those 12 years of age and older [Applies to questions 13-18]

For the principal job
[Applies to questions 15-18]

16. What does this place of work principally do?

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Third Block

Only for persons 12 years old or older


Question 16: Industry

The interest of this question is to be able to determine the principal economic activity of the place where the person works. This permits, at the same time, knowing the composition of the employed according to the branch of economic activity.

[To the right of the text is a form.]

For this question you should investigate and write down in detail, the class of products or services that the company, business or farm principally produces or sells for which the person works the principal job. If the activity consists of a service to another company, for example, service of guard in a bank, the branch of economic activity that should be written down is that which corresponds to the establishment or company that hired the person, and not to the company where the service is done. In the example it would be "private guard" and not "financer" or "bank".

Generic terms should be avoided like workshop, factory, store, etc, for which we will give some examples of incorrect and correct forms of writing down this response.

[To the right of the text is a picture of a building.]

[Below are two columns, one marked "Incorrect Annotation" and one marked "Correct Annotation". I am going to translate them without using two columns.]

Incorrect Annotation
Workshop

Correct Annotation
Workshop for the repair of automobiles
Workshop of a thresher mechanic

Incorrect Annotation
Factory

Correct Annotation
Leather shoe factory
Plastic wrap factory
Cardboard box factory

Incorrect Annotation
Sale of Products

Correct Annotation
Retail sale of groceries and articles (local store, supplier, supermarkets)
Wholesale of clothes

Incorrect Annotation
Laboratory

Correct Annotation
Clinical laboratory
Chemical-Pharmaceutical laboratory


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Incorrect Annotation
Warehouse

Correct Annotation
Wood warehouse
Construction materials warehouse

Incorrect Annotation
Store

Correct Annotation
Sports equipment store
Boutique or Bazaar
Gloria, CEMACO, El Globo, etc.

Incorrect Annotation
Ministry

Correct Annotation
Ministry of Public Works and Transportation
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports

Incorrect Annotation
Farm

Correct Annotation
Production of milk and dairy products
Production of coffee and sugar cane