Only for those 12 years of age and older
[Applies to items 14 through 18]
X. Economic Characteristics
(15) Class
1 Employed
2 Unemployed
3 Looking for work for the first time
4 Household duties
5 Student
6 Rentier
7 Institutionalized
8 Other (specify)
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Column 15: Type. Write down the type of activity performed by the person being enumerated, in accordance with the following classifications:
a) Employed. When the person states that they are working;
b) Unemployed. When the person being enumerated indicates that they have had a previous job, but that at the time of the Census they are out of work;
c) Seeking work for the first time. When the person being enumerated reports not having worked previously and is looking for work for the first time.
d) Domestic Duties. When the person is dedicated to household chores and doesn't receive any salary or wage.
e) Student. When the majority of time is dedicated to studying and the person doesn't work. If the person studies and work, record them as employed;
f) Rentier. When, without working, the person receives some regular income or pension, as in the case of pensioners, retirees, moneylenders, etc.;
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g) Confined. When the person being enumerated is living in a permanent or stable condition in medical or assistance facilities (shelter, mental hospital, leper colony, etc.), or also in penal institutions, religious institutions, cloistered institutions, etc.; and
h) Other. When the person isn't categorized in any of the previous types, as in the case of invalids, the elderly, disabled people, etc., who don't work and who form part of the census household.