Section IV. Personal data
[Applies to questions 1-23]

For persons 15 years and older
(End of interview for persons under this age.)
[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15 and older.]

17. What did you do the week before September 14th?

Section IV. Personal Data.

For persons 15 years and older (end of interview for those under this age)

Question 17. What did you do the week before September 14, 2012?
This block of questions should be answered by people 15 years and older. It is the most complex section of the Census Questionnaire, therefore it is recommended that you pay close attention.
The week from Sunday to Saturday prior to the day of the Census will be used as a reference period. If we consider the Census Moment to be midnight on September 14th, the reference week will be from Sunday the 2nd to Saturday the 8th of September.
The economic questions of the Questionnaire begin with question 17. You will ask each person 15 years old and above:
What did you do the week before September 14, 2012?
This question is related to the work or activities performed by the person throughout the week immediately prior to the Census Day (from Sunday the 2nd to Saturday the 8th of September). Therefore we need to know if the interviewee was working, studying, receiving a pension or any other situation that appears in the question.
Once you ask the question to the interviewee, without waiting for an answer, start reading each of the options, beginning to check (X) those that the interviewee answers affirmatively.
To select the correct check box, you must keep the following definitions in mind.
Worked: Those who worked at least 8 hours in an occupation from the following sectors: state, cooperative, private, or self-employed, whether this was done inside the national territory or abroad (embassies, consulates, commercial offices and other missions: doctors, other professions, etc.) throughout the week prior to the Census Day, as a reference period. The previous week means the period from Sunday to the Saturday before Census Day (Sunday the 2nd to Saturday the 8th of September) and not, for example, the period from Wednesday to Tuesday, if the interview is conducted on a Wednesday.
You will consider to have "worked":

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Not counted as having worked (Even if they work and/or receive a subsidy):
- Students sent to the countryside to work.
- Students inserted into agencies, companies, etc. that are not part of the "Workplace Employee Registry".
- Student-teachers and student-helpers of any level.
- Students in their last year of Medical Sciences, who perform internships in health centers.
- Persons who perform any unpaid work (volunteer work, etc.), except unpaid family assistants.
- People who performed paid work, but for a less than 8 hours in the reference week.
Whenever a person stated that they "worked", you should ask if the work performed is paid (not voluntary) and also the time worked in that week, to determine if it truly worked.
Consider "paid" to include payments in cash or in kind that the person receives in exchange for work performed.

Employed but did not work: Those who were employed but did not work throughout the week prior to the Census Day for one of the following reasons:

Looking for work due to lost job: This includes people of working age (men between 17 and 64 years and women between 17 and 59 years) who, in the reference week, filed paperwork directly with Poder Popular's Municipal Directorate of Labor, with a business or Budgeted Unit, with a personal relation, or filed a request for permission to work independently, with the goal of getting paid work; or who were awaiting the result of said requests, so long as the person is willing to accept the job they are seeking or a similar job if offered; as long as they have been previously employed privately or by the state, who lost their job for any reason.
Remember that the people in this group stated that they did not work throughout the reference week, but that they were taking steps to get another job.
Included in this group:

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Looked for a job for the first time: Includes those of working age (men between 17 and 64, women between 17 and 59) who, in the reference week, took steps to acquire their first job, having not worked previously, either due to their age or due to having been classified as completing household work, as a student, or as inactive due to other reasons.
This includes members of the qualified job reserve who have not had previous employment, and who have not participated in work or training courses during the reference week.

Retired or pensioned due to age: Includes those who did not perform any paid work, or who worked less than 8 hours throughout the reference week, who receive funds from Social Security because they are above retirement age. These incomes come from a previous employment link for their benefit.
If a person receiving Social Security worked a minimum of 8 hours in the reference week, they are considered to have worked.
Note that this benefit is derived from a prior employment link of the worker for their own benefit. Therefore, financial support given from person to person is not included.

Other pensioners: This includes those who did not perform any paid work, or who worked less than 8 hours in the reference week, and receive income from Social Security due to being a widow/widower or orphan, or due to being unfit for work, or other benefits given to families of deceased workers. This income is also derived from a previous employment link of the worker for their own benefit or that of their families.
If a person receiving Social Security worked a minimum of 8 hours in the reference week, they are considered to have worked.
Therefore, financial support given from person to person is not included.

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Landlord or recipient of financial assistance: Includes those who did not perform any paid work or who worked less than 8 hours in the reference week, and receive income from:

Note that this income or financial aid does not come from laboral activity, although they must always be given by state agencies, and never from one person to another as in the case of alimony or financial support. This category should not be confused with the people who "rent" rooms in their home.

Household work: This includes housewives as well as other members of the household who dedicate their time primarily to work in the home (preparation of food, cleaning, caring for children and the elderly) and who do not perform any paid work, whether for the state, a cooperative, private business, or as a self-employed person, who spent at least 8 hours on these activities throughout the reference week.
They are generally female, but can also include males.
If any of the persons included in this definition additionally:


Student: Includes all those who systematically attend an educational establishment where they receive instruction in any of the levels of the National System of Education System, without performing any economic activity.
Included as students (even if they work or receive subsidies):

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Not included:

Disabled for work purposes: Includes those whose physical or mental state permanently prohibits the performance of any work activity as a result of a sickness, injury, or congenital or hereditary illness.
This includes those who worked prior to their illness or injury who were not protected by Social Security laws prior to the Triumph of the Revolution as well as those whose limitations date back to their birth, infancy or youth.
Generally this group includes: the blind, insane, cancer patients, tuberculosis patients, those with Down Syndrome, those with partial or total motor disability, rheumatics, those with neurological syndromes and other health problems which permanently preclude them from working.
Not included:

- People who are temporarily sick.
- Those who receive retirement, pension, financial aid, etc., in which case the corresponding subsections would be marked.

Did not perform any activity: This includes people of working age who neither worked nor studied, and state that they did not perform any activity.

In hospital, asylum or prison and did not work: This includes people who reside permanently in hospitals, asylums or other similar institutions or establishments as well as prisoners who did not work, i.e. those who did not perform any productive labor or service.
This box will only be checked in permanent collectives: hospitals, asylums, etc.
Those who reside permanently in hospitals, asylums, etc. and receive income from pensions, financial assistance, etc. will not be included in this group, but in the appropriate group previously mentioned.

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Other: This includes anyone who does not state or indicate an occupation as their livelihood, nor any situation which allows their inclusion in the previous categories, such as: training, outside of the working age that neither works nor studies, and others.

Keep in mind that the alternatives are in descending order of importance, so if a person states that they belong in two groups, you will mark the lower number.
For persons who answered in the affirmative to box 1 or 2 (as a worker), you should continue to ask the questions in the order in which they appear in the questionnaire.
To those who declared to be in one of the remaining groups (3 to 12), you will not ask the rest of the questions, concluding the interview.
For those who have a check in box 1 or 2 on question 17, you will continue to ask economic questions in the order in which they appear on the Questionnaire.
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