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C. - Economic Characteristics

(For all individuals 10 years of age and older)

16. Did you work on your own account, as a salaried or waged employee, or as a family worker?

Only for those who answered 1, 2 or 3 in question 14.]
Mark the appropriate box according to your manual, page 43.

Own account

[] 1 With employees or workers
[] 2 Without employees or workers

[] 3 Salaried or waged employee
[] 4 Unpaid family worker
[] 9 Unknown

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C. Economic Characteristics (For persons aged ten and older)
Do not ask persons aged less than ten any more questions from the form. Cross out questions 14-21 with a large X.

The answers in question set 14 are the basis for categorizing the population aged ten and older as economically active (employed and unemployed) and economically inactive (students, domestic work (unpaid), those who live from rental or investment income, retired workers and the disabled).

The questions in this section refer to the situation in the week immediately preceding the census date (the week of February 25-March 2).

Question set 16: Did you/the person work for himself/herself, as a paid office worker, or as a family worker?

Keep in mind that this question set is related to question set 15 and has the following definitions:

1) Self employed with employee or worker: This is any person who has his/her own company or works for himself/herself in a profession or trade and has one or more paid workers.

Exceptions:
a) People whose only employees are domestic servants do not fall into this category.
b) A paid employee of a company of which he/she is not the owner does not fall into this category.

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c) A civil-service employee who has other employees under him/her does not fall into this category.

2. Self-employed without employees or workers: This is a person who works independently, does not have any paid employees, and did not employ anyone.

Self-employed without employees may count on the help of family workers and may also work alone or in partnership.

3. Paid employee. This is any person who works in exchange for pay, commission, or payment in kind.

4. Unpaid family worker. This is someone who performs unpaid labor in a family business and works for at least one-third of a normal workday. Persons who perform domestic work or occasional or random work in the business are excluded from this category.

Mark an "X" in one of the options. Mark an "X" in box 9, "Unknown" only if the respondent does not know the job category of a household member.