6. Vocational or non-vocational status
[These questions are asked of individuals aged 15 years and over]
In your answers to question 6.6 through 6.12 refer to your primary work activity only. If you are not working at present, refer to your most recent job.
6.7 Your work is (was):
[] 1 Fixed-term
[] 2 Permanent
Section II - Information about regular inhabitants of the dwellings
In your answers to questions 6.6-6.12:
- Individuals with more than one job should answer in reference to their primary work activity only. Primary work activity is the job with the most work hours or the one (if you work an equal number of hours for different jobs) that provides the most income.
- Employed individuals who did not work during the week prior to the survey date (October 02nd-08th) because of a holiday, illness, CIG, leave of absence, etc., should refer to the job that usually represents their primary work activity.
- If you are not working at present, refer to the last job you had.
Question 6.7
Do not answer unless you checked box 1 ("Yes") in question 6.6 ("Dependent employment").
Permanent work relationship: refers to a work relationship for which no expiration date or predefined time limit has been defined;
Fixed-term work relationship: refers to a work relationship that ends when certain objective, predetermined conditions have been satisfied (e.g. expiration of a specific time period, completion of a task, achievement of an objective, return of an employee who had been temporarily replaced).