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VII. People in the census household

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]

20. Occupational category

What category [position] did you have in the principal occupation indicated above?

[] 1 Employer
[] 2 Self-employed
[] 3 Public sector employee
[] 4 Private sector paid employee
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Unknown
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D. Fourth block: economic characteristics (for those 10 years of age and older).

Questions 16 through 20 are only presented to those 10 years of age and older.


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 20: occupational category

1. How to formulate the question

What was your employment status in the principal occupation indicated in question 17?

The list of different alternative answers is slowly read, one by one, until the enumerated person is classified into one of them.

The following definitions will help orient the enumerated person.

a. Employer: This refers to those who have one or more salaried persons in their charge carrying out an economic activity; that is, workers who receive monetary or in-kind remuneration. One who has no employees is not an employer.

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b. Own account: This refers to those who work independently, who do not have remunerated employees and are not employees of anyone else. An own-account worker can count on the help of family workers and can work alone or as an associate.

c. Public sector employee: This refers to employees who receive a salary or wage from any state agency, either from the central government or from semi-autonomous or a decentralized entity (municipality, Institute of Social Security, Universidad de San Carlos, ministries, etc.).

d. Private sector paid employee: This refers to employees who receive a wage or salary from a company whose capital is private (Factories, Stores, Private Farms, etc.).

e. Unpaid family worker: This refers to those who carry out an unpaid occupation in an establishment operated by a relative, working at least 15 hours per week. Excluded from this category are those who carry out domestic duties or occasional tasks in the establishment.

2. How to record the data

The number corresponding to the answer is circled. "9. Not known" is circled only when the informant does not know the employment status of the household member.

3. Example:

[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 20 of the census form]