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[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]

[Work]
[Questions 14-23]


[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]


[Questions 18-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14, but worked in Israel during the previous 12 months, per question 17]


19. Place of work:

If you worked last week -- describe your main work (where you worked most hours of the week)

If you did not work last week but you did work during the past 12 months -- describe your last work.

A. Name of work place (Establishment, business, institution or employer): ____

Examples: "Kor-Oz" factory, "Ha-Shalom" Falafel Stand, seamstress working at home, Tel Aviv Municipality

B. Address of work place:

____ Locality
____ Street
____ House number (or nearby landmark)

C. Describe the main activity of your work place (a description of the activity, products or services): ____

Examples: Manufacture of electrical products, primary school, wholesale trade in building materials.

D. Department or division (if any) in which you work: ____

Examples: Refrigerator, division, family health clinic, water dept.

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23. Question 19 -- explanations: Workplace

In this question, details regarding the person's workplace and not the work carried out (he/she will be questioned regarding this in the next question), should be filled.

The question refers to the last 12 months, meaning even if the person did not work in the last week, but did work some other time during the last year -- refer to his/her workplace during that period.

If the person worked in several workplaces in the last year, register the details regarding hi/her last workplace.

If the person worked in several jobs in the last week, refer to his/her main work -- the one in which worked most hours in the last week.

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[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 19.]
Details necessary for the question:
A. Name of workplace

B. Exact address of workplace

C. Main activity of workplace (not of person)

D. Name of department/division in which the person works


A. Name of workplace
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 19A.]

Write the name of the factory/business/employer in full detail. For instance: if a person works in a government ministry, public bureau, or other place.


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[Examples of how to write the name of workplace correctly]

Write "Ministry of Trade and Industry" rather than "government ministry".

Write "Tax chamber of the "Histadrut Haclalit" labor federation" rather than "labor union".

Write "'Aharoni' law firm" rather than "law firm".

Write "'Etz Ha'zait' factory" rather than "factory".

Write "Kiryat-Gat municipality" rather than "municipality".

Write "Africa-Israel investment company" rather than "investment company".


For a civilian working for the IDF or the ministry of defense write - "IDF" or "ministry of defense" -- with no further detail, but first inquire whether he/she is working in the security system or in a factory belonging to it.

If a person is working in his/her own business and that business does not have its own name, but the name of the person -- write only the occupation. There is no need to write the name.
For example: a private music teacher, an independent insurance agent, the owner of a carpentry, etc.

For workers in a kibbutz, write the name of the kibbutz. If a person works in a certain factory in the kibbutz, specify its name. The same for moshav (co-operative settlement). Specify the type of farm if there is one.


B. Workplace address
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 19B.]

Write the address of the workplace specified in clause A. the address should be written in maximal detail: if the address is unknown, write general location, closeness to a well-known place etc.

Notice!
Be sure to mention the name of locality in which the workplace is found -- even when the same as person's locality of residence.

If a person works in different places during the day, write the main workplace.
For example: for a person working in transport and distribution of products: write the place in which he/she receives the products for distribution, the place of concentration or the meeting place with costumers. For instance, for a bread-distributor, write the address of the bakery from which he leaves for the job. For a bus driver arriving at the garage and leaving it for different places, write the garage's address.

When there is no permanent address for the workplace

1. Inside a locality or specific region: For whomever his/her job is not carried out in a permanent address, write the name of the locality/region and specify "no permanent address". For example: porters, gardeners etc.
2. Outside a locality: For a person working in road construction or another job outside a locality and who when leaving home for work, does not arrive at a permanent place, write "no permanent address".


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C. Workplace's main activity
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 19C.]

Notice!
Describe the workplace's activity and not the person's activity. Meaning: if a person works as an accountant in a candy factory, he/she should describe the activity as "candy manufacturing" -- even if he/she is not engaged in the production itself. Similarly, a typist working in a school will register the main activity as "teaching children aged 6 to 12", even though her job is not directly related to teaching.

Describe the activity/products and services the workplace manufactures in detail -- a general description is not enough.
For example: when a person works in a parent company with many different subsidiary companies, refer to the subsidiary company he/she works in.

Notice the following examples:

Write "Special education school" rather than "School".

Write "Sub-contracting and electricity works in buildings" rather than "Electricity works".

Write "Manufacture of children's clothes" rather than "Clothing"


For persons working in government ministries and municipalities there is no need to fill this clause -- their activity is well known.

For persons working in a factory/institute/farm manufacturing several products/engaged in several areas of activity -- write the organization's main activity.
The "main activity" can be determined according to various principles/standards.
Accept the interviewee's answer as it is.
Examples:

A. for a person working in a factory manufacturing meat conserves and vegetable conserves: if the factory manufactures more meat conserves -- write "meat conserves manufacture"

B. If a person works in a transport company, transporting passengers and cargo and most of the revenue is generated by passenger transportation -- write "passenger transportation".

C. If a person works in a workshop repairing and manufacturing shoes and most of the workers' time is dedicated to manufacture -- write "shoe manufacture".


If it is impossible to determine the main activity -- write all activities.


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D. Department/division in which the person works
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 19D.]

Many workplaces consist of different departments and divisions. You should inquire in which unit the person works and write the unit's name.
Examples for the manner in which to fill clauses A,D of this question:

Example 1: in the questionnaire of a person working in the "Histadrut" labor federation's tax chamber --write:

Clause A -- "name of workplace" -- "Histadrut" labor federation.
Clause D - "department or division" -- tax chamber

Example 2: in the questionnaire of a person working in the sanitation department of Kiryat-Gat municipality -- write:

Clause A -- "name of workplace" -- Kiryat-Gat municipality
Clause D - "department or division" -- sanitation department.

If the person works in several departments/divisions/units write the unit in which he/she worked most of the time last week.

If the workplace is not divided into units or the person does not know the unit he/she belongs to' do not fill this clause.