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Continue if the person is 12 years of age or older

30. Employment condition: The following questions are about your employment situation. Last week, did [the respondent]:

Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only

[] 1 Work (for at least one hour) (go to 32)
[] 2 Have a job, but did not work? (go to 32)
[] 3 Look for job?
[] 4 Is [the respondent] pensioned or retired
[] 5 Is [the respondent] a student
[] 6 Does [the respondent] do housework
[] 7 Does [the respondent] have any permanent physical or mental limitations that prevent him/her from working? (go to 44)
[] 8 Was [the respondent] in a different situation from those just mentioned?

31. Verification of employment status: Although you already stated that [the respondent] [answer of 30], last week, did [the respondent]:

Read the options until you get an affirmative answer and circle one code only

[] 1 Help in a business (family or non-family)
[] 2 Sell any products
[] 3 Make any products to sell
[] 4 Help with farm work or raising animals
[] 5 Perform another type of activity in exchange for payment? For example: washed or ironed other people's clothes, took care of children
[] 6 Serve as an apprentice or do social service
[] 7 Did not help or work (go to 44)
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15.3 Section III. People characteristics

In this section, information is obtained for each of the people living in the housing unit.

Before requesting data for each resident, copy the details from Section II. List people and general data, their names, gender, and age, and write them down in the spaces provided. Do not forget to correct the person number when using more than one questionnaire.

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For the respondent to know who to provide the information about, start with the sentence: "Now I'm going to ask you about...", and mention the name of the person you previously wrote down.

Apply questions 1 through 11 for all the people who are habitual residents, including children, as well as elderly people.

30. Activity condition and 31. Activity condition verification
These questions aim to identify the population aged 12 and older who worked the week prior to the interview (Monday through Sunday).

Slowly, read the sentence: Now I am going to ask about employment status, with the intention of letting the respondent know that he/she will be asked about a different topic.
Question 30. Activity status.

You have the purpose of knowing the population of 12 years of age or older that in the week prior to the survey worked; had a job, but did not work; looked for work; is pensioner or retired; is a student; was engaged in household chores; is permanently unable to work; or carried out a different activity.

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Read the question using the person's name, for example: "Last week, did (NAME) work, did he/she have a job, but didn't work," and so on, until you get an affirmative answer. Between each option, allow time for the respondent to provide you with the answer.

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Consider that a person worked and circle code 1, when he/she:

- Worked at least one hour the week prior to the survey.
- Participated or assisted in the processing or sale of any agricultural or livestock product or other economic activity; including those who carried out this activity for self-consumption.
- Manufactured, made up, or elaborated any other product for sale, such as furniture, clothing, and footwear, among others.
- Provided any type of service, such as food sales, medical, educational, tourism, banking, surveillance, etc.
- Worked on "the construction site" or in the construction of his/her own housing unit (completely or. partially).
- Received a payment or earnings in cash or in kind, regardless of whether it was a lot or a little.
- Performed work in a company or business, regardless of whether or not it is family-owned or not; whether or not it is owned; whether or not it has facilities; or whether it is carried out in a private home, on the street, or elsewhere.
- Was an apprentice or provided social services.
- Performed any of the economic activities mentioned above or others, regardless of whether or not a salary was received.

Circle code 2. He/she had work but didn't work when he/she:

- Had medical leave or maternal or paternal care.
- Was on vacation.
- There was no raw material or the machinery was out of order.
- He/she was waiting for the rainy season to start working on the farm.
- There was a technical strike at his/her work or he/she did not attend for other reasons.

Remember that, if the respondent mentions that last week he/she had a job, but did not work for some reason, in the following questions you should inquire about the characteristics of the work he/she normally performs.

When the person already got a job, but the week before the interview had not yet started working, consider the person as he/she searched for a job and circle Code 3. He/she searched for a job.

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The activities listed in codes 4 to 8 are not economic: Are you a pensioner or retiree?
Are you a student? Do you do housework? Do you have any permanent physical or mental limitation that prevents you from working? and He/she was in another situation different from the previous ones. These options are only circled when the respondent so states.

When the respondent indicates that the person, in addition to working, studied or did household chores, he/she considers that he/she worked, even if he/she spent more hours studying or doing household chores.

If you circled code 1. He/she worked or 2. He/she had a job but he/she did not work, continue to question 32. Occupation name. If the answer was 3. He/she searched for a job?, 4. Is he/she a pensioner or retired?, 5. Is he/she a student?, 6. Is he/she dedicated to household chores? or 8. If he/she was in a different situation other than the above mentioned, apply question 31. Verification of activity condition.

In case the respondent mentions that the person did not work because he/she has a permanent physical or mental limitation, circle code 7 and continue with question 44. Children born alive.

Please note that the options in question 31. Activity status verification refers to work or activities that people generally do not consider as work.

When applying the question, read slowly each of the activities contained in options 1 to 6 and select the code that corresponds to what the respondent indicates.

If you circled any option between 1 and 6 in question 31. verification of activity condition, continue with question 32. Occupation name.

In case you get a negative answer to all of the above options, circle code 7. Did not assist or work and skip to question 44. Children born alive.

Only if the respondent states that any of the residents had two or more jobs the week before the interview, he/she is asked to indicate which one he/she considers the main one; and with respect to this one, all the related questions are applied. If in doubt, ask which one he/she spent the most hours on.

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Example:

Interviewer: Did Luis (13-year-old) work last week?

Respondent: No, he goes to school.

Interviewer: Although you already told me that Luis has been studying, did he help in a store last week, did he sell any products?

Respondent: Yes, he went to sell flowers, but he only goes for a little while.

Interviewer: Was it more than an hour last week?

Respondent: Yes, about 2 hours a day.

Interviewer: So, for census purposes, Luis will be considered to have worked last week.

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The following images show different activities that people do not commonly consider as work. The question Activity verification is applied to recover these activities as economic.

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The questions activity condition and verification of activity condition are presented in the census manager as follows:

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