Situation in the job
7.5 Was (Name) in the job (activity) last week:
[] 1 Employed or a worker?
[] 2 A weekly or daily worker?
[] 3 A boss or businessperson (who hires workers)?
[] 4 A self-employed worker (does not hire workers)?
[] 5 A worker without pay in a family business or plot of land?
Situation ____
7.5 Situation in the job
The objective of this question is to identify the position or relation that the person had in the job, the week before the interview.
The situation in the job permits us to classify the working population according to being salaried (employer or worker, weekly or daily worker), independent worker (boss or business person, self employed worker) or worker without pay.
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It should be clarified that if a person has done more than one occupation, you should ask for the one registered in 7.3.
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This question has five option answers, which are described below.
Employee or worker?...1
It is a person who worked in exchange for a paycheck, salary or in kind for a boss, company, business, institution or public or private dependency the week before the interview.
Generally, the job of people classified in this option is controlled by a contract, written or spoken.
People who receive a paycheck and also a commission for their work are classified in this option.
People who only receive commission for their sales or services that they do, are considered in option 4 self employed worker (does not hire workers)?
Also government authorities are included here, no matter their level (President of the Republic, governors, secretaries of state, etc.)
Weekly or daily worker?...2
It is a person who worked for a boss in exchange for a biweekly, daily or weekly salary. Generally these people are hired to do agricultural, livestock or construction activities.
Boss or business person (hires workers)?...3
It is a person who is owner of a business, company or establishment that hires one or more employees or workers. When an informant does not understand this option, clarify that bosses or business people hire workers in exchange for a salary.
Self employed worker (does not hire workers)?...4
It is a person who worked in an independent form (alone) in his or her own business and did not hire workers (employees or workers).
When people only receive a commission for the sales or services they do, they are considered in this option.
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In this option people who work in an independent manner and receive help from a family member who does not pay in exchange for work are also considered. In the case that they give them a salary or paycheck, they are classified as bosses.
In the case of farmers and members of cooperatives who in the reference week have not hired salaried workers, they are classified in this option, in the contrary case, consider them bosses (option 3).
When an informant declares that a person "is a partner," ask if workers are hired; if the answer is "no" write down code 4. Only in the case of hiring workers, assign code 3.
Worker without payment in a business or family plot of land? 5
It is a person who in the week of reference worked without receiving a salary in a family business (plot, workshop, ranch, parcel, etc). People who work without receiving salary in a non family business, also are classified in this option.
If after reading the options to an informant, he or she remains silent, doubting to give an answer or response with an occupation like: contractor, subcontractor, commission agent or sales agent, find out with questions like: "Did you work for another person?" or "Do you receive a salary for your work?" In the case of the answer being "yes" write down code 1 of employee and worker, if it is "no" investigate if workers are hired. If so, write down code 3 boss or business person (hires workers); if workers are not hired, register code 4 self employed worker (does not hire workers)?
If a person has his or her own business, ask if workers are hired. When the answer is "yes," write down code 3 of boss or business person and if t is "no," register option 4 of self employed workers, like in the following example:
Interviewer: Was Carmen in her job an employee or worker?
Informant: No, she worked with a partner.
Interviewer: Did Carmen and her partner hire workers?
Informant: No, she attended to the business in the morning and the partner in the afternoon.
Interviewer: Then Carmen was self employed?
Informant: I think so, yes.
If after exhausting all possibilities to get an answer, an informant does not know the information, write down code 9.