14. Professional activity
____ 14a. Individual profession
____ 14b. Position in the enterprise
____ 14c. Activity of the enterprise
Column 14 (a, b and c): For this question, it is equally important that the enumerator collect as precise a response as possible. This question concerns all people who already have a job and people who are looking for a job.
Column 14b: The purpose of this question is to identify the worker's status within the company. Six different positions have been defined and the worker can only occupy one of these positions at one time. We will now define each of these positions so that the enumerator can assign workers to the most appropriate category. The company signifies the social and economic environment in which the person works (public, private, semi-public sectors, etc.)
1) Employer: this refers to a person who employs the service of other workers (besides himself), who he pays. The employer may or may not be the owner of the company.
Example: the director of a private company; the owner of a restaurant, etc.
2) A person who works for his own account: this refers to a person who started his own business or works independently.
3) Salaried worker: this refers to a person who sells his work and who is paid according to determined criteria (daily, weekly, monthly or in another form).
4) Unpaid family worker: this refers to someone who helps a family relative with their company or business or anyone else who is not paid for their work. Sometimes the person receives room and board for his work or there might be another sort of understanding, but the worker is not paid.
5) Member of a producer's cooperative: this refers to a person who belongs to a cooperative association that produces some sort of product (coffee, cocoa, cassava root, etc.)
6) Other or not indicated: this refers to any other situation that could not be previously categorized and that was not indicated above.