[Questions 18-28 were asked of individuals of age 12+]
19. Condition regarding work in the week of 7-13 of April 1991
[] 2 You were temporarily absent from the work place
[] 3 Unemployed
[] 4 Permanently unable to work
[] 5 Retired
[] 6 Student
[] 7 Homemaker
[] 8 Other reason
Note: Individuals younger than 12 years old end the filling-in of the questionnaire after question 17.
[Applies to questions 18-28]
Question 19: Condition regarding work
The individuals must indicate the situation they were in the week of 7-13 of April 1991:
b) Was temporarily absent from the place of work: if on the week of 7-13 of April 1991, the person did not work but had a job. We can include in this option holidays, accidents, licenses of various kinds, etc. or any other cause for temporarily absence with or without authorization;
c) Was unemployed: all individuals 12 years of age or older, that are not attending compulsory school and that on the reference week did not have a job, paid or not and were available to work on paid or unpaid job;
d) Permanently unable to work: all individuals 12 years of age or older, who on the reference week, did not work because of a handicap (either receiving a pension or not for that fact);
e) Retired, pensioners or on reserve: all individuals that did not work on the reference week, but received a retirement pension or other of the same kind;
f) Student: it includes all individuals younger than 12 years old, who, on the reference week, attended any kind of education level and that did not have a job, were not on compulsory military service and did not consider themselves as unemployed;
g) Home chores: all individuals that on the reference week had as main occupation the domestic tasks in their own home;
h) In the option "Other reasons" we can include all the situations not described above.
Observations:
b) The student, homemaker or any individual that on the week of 7-13 of April 1991 satisfies all the conditions to be considered as unemployed, must be included in that modality;
c) The working-student that on the reference week did not work, cannot choose the option "Student," he must choose the answer "temporarily absent from the work place."