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[Questions 19-31 were asked of persons age 10 or older]


29. In this job, [the person] works/worked as:

[] 1 Employee / worker
[] 2 Day laborer / farmhand
[] 3 Unpaid worker
[] 4 Employer / business owner
[] 5 Self-employed
[] 6 Member of a cooperative
[] 7 Other

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Principal job
This is the occupation at which the person spends most time in a week. If the person spends an equal amount of time at two occupations, the principal job is the one which provides more income. If the time spent at work and the income are the same, it is the one which the person considers most important.

Occupation
This is the trade or job at which the person spends his/her time.

Branch of activity
This is the activity of the place or establishment in which a person worked in the last week, or worked before becoming unemployed. Ask the person what the factory, industry, workshop, farm or establishment where the person worked did.


For persons age 10 or older (Questions 19-31)


Definitions:

Employee/worker
This is a person who works for an employer, the state, an establishment or private company in exchange for wages.

Unpaid worker
This is a person who works for someone else (whether or not they are family members) in a company, business or farm and who does not receive wages in exchange for his/her work. S/he may receive some other type of assistance.

Member of a cooperative
This is a person who is a member of one or more production or service cooperatives and who receives some type of compensation for his/her contribution. If the person is simply a paid worker for the cooperative, classify him/her as an employee, worker or laborer.

Day worker or laborer
This is a person who performs work on a specific day in exchange for wages in cash or kind and which is generally related to some sort of agricultural activity. It may or may not be manual labor.

Employer/entrepreneur
This is a person who runs his own company, business or farm, or who works for him or herself in a profession or trade. This person has at least one wage-earning worker.

Self-employed
This is a person who works in his own business or works for him/herself in a profession or trade. This person does not have employees, although s/he may use a family member as an unpaid helper.


Question 29. In this job, [the person] works/worked as:

Read the options one by one and mark an "X" next to the one stated by the informant.