19. Profession
[Questions] 18 - 22. Economic Activity:
Questions 18 to 22 have to do with the economic activity of the people enumerated, i.e, their occupation. To fill in their forms pay careful attention to the following directions:
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However, for people who work in the agricultural sector (farming, breeding animals, fishing and forestry) this reference period is brought to [illegible] 12 months, taking into account the seasonal nature of employment in this sector. Rural work is carried out during a fixed period which does not correspond to the date of the census.
19. Profession
Profession is related to the trade learned by the person, regardless of his/her work.
Ask all persons aged 6 or older the following question in order to obtain information related to profession: "What trade/profession did you learn?"
b. For the non-working population who learned a trade or profession, write this down and put the reason for their non-working status in the remarks column.
For the non-working population who did not learn a trade or profession, write clearly the type of non-working activity (housewife, high school or university student, retired or with a private income, etc.)
NB: put a dash or a hyphen for those aged less than 6 years.