30. Name of occupation
What was [the respondent?s] occupation last week? (Electrical technician, school teacher, fruit seller, construction worker, auto mechanic, etc.)
[Write the occupation]
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[Continue if the person is 12 or more years old]
30. Name of occupation and 31. Tasks
These questions identify the occupation of the respondent who worked the week previous to the interview. Question 30 "Name of occupation" identifies the name of the occupation or trade of the workers and question 31 "Job duties" identifies the specific activities carried out by them at their jobs. Apply question 30 "Name of occupation" only to people who worked during the week previous to the interview, so these people answered "yes" to question 28 "Work" or because their answers were between codes 1 to 6 in question 29 "Other activities". When the answer is code 6, consider the name of the occupation that the person performs usually. Read the question, listen to the answer and record the textual answer; in all cases avoid doing translations or reinterpretations.
Request more information when the answer is too general, no matters in which case.
For example:
Interviewee: "I am laborer"; Interviewer: "Where?"; Interviewee: "I am textile cutter operator"
Interviewee: "I am worker"; Interviewer: "Where?"; Interviewee: "I am cashier in a supermarket"
Interviewee: "I am teacher"; Interviewer: "Where?"; Interviewee: "I am primary school teacher"
Interviewee: "I sold a product"; Interviewer: "What did you sell?"; Interviewee: "I sold cosmetics"
Interviewee: "I did repairs"; Interviewer: "What did you repair?"; Interviewee: "I repair televisions"
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When you obtain an occupation in question 30 and the job duties performed in that occupation are obvious, confirm it with the informant to verify or to correct the information. For example:
Interviewee: "I am doctor"; Interviewer: "Did you treat patients?"; Interviewee: "Yes, I looked after sick people"
Interviewee: "I am mechanic"; Interviewer: "Did you repair cars?"; Interviewee: "No, I repaired heavy machinery"