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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]


Income from salaried employment, from membership in a cooperative or as a soldier in the professional army:

27. What was your gross income (before deductions) from wages or salary, from all the work places in which you were employed in Israel, for each of the three months: April, March and February 1983.

Copy your gross salary from your pay slip.
Round off the amount to the nearest shekel.
If you had no income in a given month, write "0".
Indicate for each month whether the amount you reported is gross or net.

Gross income also includes:
Overtime pay, car allowance, refund of expenses, premiums, bonuses, 13th salary and back pay;
Payment for army reserve duty, sick leave, and maternity allowance;
Other additions to wages or salary.

If gross income is not known, report net income. Net income includes the take-home pay, plus amounts deducted for sick-fund dues, deposits in saving schemes, repayment of loans, etc.

A. April 1983 _ _ _ _ _ _

Is the amount you reported gross or net?

[] 1 Gross
[] 2 Net

B. March 1983 _ _ _ _ _ _

Is the amount you reported gross or net?

[] 1 Gross
[] 2 Net

C. February 1983 _ _ _ _ _ _

Is the amount you reported gross or net?

[] 1 Gross
[] 2 Net

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33. Question 27 -- explanations: Income from work as salaried employee

A. In this answer include incomes from salaried-work, including: incomes of cooperative members from salaried work and from cooperative profits, incomes of a soldier in compulsory/regular service.
If a person works in several jobs, include the gross income from all workplaces.
If a person has income from salaried-work as well as self-employed work, specify his/her income from salaried work in question 27 and income from self-employed work in question 28.

B. Whoever received salary for his/her work in at least one of the three months mentioned in the question, is asked to examine his/her paycheck and copy the gross wage -- for each month separately.
We are interested in the gross income, since it is not affected by random deductions in one month or another or deductions to the worker's personal status.

Notice!
In order to avoid mistakes, encourage the person to copy the sum from his/her paycheck.

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[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 27.]

C. "Gross income" includes all payments received by the worker (such as: overtime pay, premiums, 13th salary, refund of expenses, etc.), payments for car allowance, board and lodging and other additions. The gross income should also include payments received from the employer/other sources for periods of absence from work due to sickness, holiday, reserve army service, accident, birth, etc.

"Gross income" is the income before the following deductions: income tax, uniform tax, social security, insurance payments, pension payments, labor union taxes, etc.

"Net income" is the sum left after deducting income tax and social security payments from the gross income and before deducting all other payments.

"Sum for payment" is the sum left in the workers hands after all other deductions (uniform tax, repayment of loans, etc.).

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D. If a person does not know his/her gross income, he/she should write his/her net income. If a person does not receive a paycheck, but receives his salary each month in cash -- with no deductions whatsoever, he/she should register the sum received as net salary.
For example: A nanny receiving a sum of 6000 shekels a month, and the sum is not taxed -- should register her income as following:
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 27D.]

E. If a 13th salary has been received in one of the three months, it should be divided in 12 and the quotient added to the monthly gross amount.

F. The sum of the monthly income should be rounded to the nearest shekel and written in the squares, from right to left.
For example: if the gross income in April was 10,340.35 shekels, write--

[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 27F.]

In any case, mark whether the amount specified is net or gross income (circle the appropriate number).

Notice!
If the family has not written the sum properly, you should correct it and write the sum from right to left, rounded to the nearest shekel.