For those individuals 10 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 14 - 18]
17. Occupational category.
E = employer, T. P. = self-employed, A = salaried employee, T. F. = family worker
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Economic characteristics
64. The questions 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are presented to all persons 10 years of age or older. A dash [-] is traced in the spaces 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 for those younger than 10 years of age.
It may be difficult to obtain accurate answers due to the nature of this information. Great care should be taken to ensure that the annotation reflects the desired information.
Reference period
65. The information recorded in the spaces mentioned above (14, 15, 16, 17, and 18) refers to the following period of time: from January 1st to August 7th, 1960. In other words, the time that has passed since the beginning of the year to the date of the census. Whenever the "reference period" is mentioned, it is to be interpreted as the period of time between the two dates mentioned above.
74. Question 17. The symbol that represents the category or position that corresponds, or corresponded, to the persons with an annotation in question 15, those who carried out an occupation during the "reference period", is recorded in this space. Excluded are those "new workers" and "old workers", for whom a dash (-) is recorded.
Symbol: E
Category: Employer
Symbol: TP
Category: Own-account
Symbol: A
Category: Salaried
Symbol: TF
Category: Family worker
Definitions:
a) Employer. The owner of an economic enterprise, or one who works on own-account in a profession or trade and who has one or more employees.
Examples:
1) Owner of a fabric store with one or more employees;
2) Farmer, owner of a farm, who employs field workers;
3) Farmer, owner of a farm, who pays his son for work carried out on the agricultural operation;
4) Owner of a boarding house that employs a cook and servants;
5) A lawyer who pays a secretary; a medical doctor who pays a nurse and secretary.
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b) Own-account worker. One who operates his own economic enterprise or who carries out a profession or trade on his own-account but who does not have any salaried employees. This person can work alone, in association, or with relatives who are un-paid.
Examples:
1) Professionals who earn honorariums for their work and who do not have assistants;
2) Store owner who only works with the help of unpaid family members;
3) Farm owner who only works with the help of unpaid family members;
4) Traveling salesmen or street peddlers who work alone.
Note: If one of these persons uses one or more paid workers, other than unpaid family members, their category changes from "Own-Account Worker" to "Employer".
c) Salaried. One who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in the form of a salary, wage, commission, tips, piece-rate, or pay in-kind.
Examples:
1) Those who work for employers (or for private organizations) and receive a wage or salary;
2) Those who work for any branch of the Government, including elected and remunerated officials and members of the Armed Forces.
p. 443) Administrators, directors, and other employees of economic enterprises who are not owners of the business in which they work, even if they carry out the functions of an employer.
4) Those who only receive tips for their work and do not receive a salary or wage.
5) Those who do piecework in their home or in a workshop for one or more employers or for their own clientele;
6) Domestic employees who receive a salary, wage, or pay in-kind.
d) Family worker. One who carries out an unpaid occupation in a business or economic enterprise operated by a member of the census household.
Examples:
1) The woman who helps her husband in the store without being paid.
2) The son who helps his father on the farm and does not receive pay.
3) The boy who helps his uncle in the uncle?s business.
4) The wife of a doctor who keeps the books and makes appointments.
5) The son of a farm owner who takes products to the market and sells them.