Only for those who answered 1, 2, or 3 in question 16
[Questions 17 - 20 are asked for persons who responded 1, 2, or 3 in question 16]

18. Branch of activity

Note: questions 17-20 are only presented to those who answered 1, 2, or 3 for question 16. For those answering 4-9, an "X" is marked in all of the spaces for questions 17-20.

Question 18: industry

1. How to formulate the question

What does the establishment do where you carried out the principal occupation identified?

2. How to record the data

The industry of the establishment where the principal occupation declared in question 17 (manufacturing, service, etc.) is recorded in the space provided.

Generic terms, such as factory, plantation, workshop, etc., should not be used to describe the industry. The name of the establishment should not be used: e.g. Santa Inés Fabric, El Artesano, etc. However, in cases of public sector institutions: central government, semi-autonomous and decentralized entities (IGSS, INDE, etc.), the name should be used. To better illustrate this, the following examples are presented:

[The original document includes a table below.]

[Column headings:]
(A) Incorrect answer for branch of activity
(B) Correct answer for branch of activity

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: farm
Correct answer for branch of activity: raising and fattening cattle.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: store
Correct answer for branch of activity: grocery sales.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: stall 13 in the market
Correct answer for branch of activity: fruit and vegetable sales.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: SAHSA
Correct answer for branch of activity: air transport of passengers and cargo.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: Guastatoya
Correct answer for branch of activity: ground transport of passengers and cargo.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: dress-making shop
Correct answer for branch of activity: manufacture of women's dresses.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: factory
Correct answer for branch of activity: shirt factory.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: workshop
Correct answer for branch of activity: radio repair.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: Santa Luisa farm
Correct answer for branch of activity: coffee farm.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: El Huerto deposit
Correct answer for branch of activity: sale of basic products.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: to produce statistics
Correct answer for branch of activity: General Direction of Statistics

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: repair of roads
Correct answer for branch of activity: General Direction of Roads.

Incorrect answer for branch of activity: classification of positions
Correct answer for branch of activity: National Office of Civil Service.

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3. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 18 of the census form]