Occupation____
Position ____

Examples:

Occupation Market farm
Position________

Occupation Accountant
Position Accountant

If did not work, record "did not work" and skip to L17

b) The occupation for which a person receives more income, in cases where the person spends equal amounts of time between two or more occupations.
c) Interviewee's response to the question asking about main occupation, in cases where time spent and income received are equal [between occupations].

The question asked [of respondent] will be: "In the last year, on what kind of work did you spent most of your time?"

Record clearly the description of [the person's] occupation, job description, and position (such as accountant clerk, secretary, cashier, insurance sale representative, accountant, medical doctor, pharmacist, veterinarian, psychologist, musician, singer, lawyer, blacksmith, computer assistant, veterinarian assistant, radio announcer, television announcer, guide, cook, hair dresser, barber (hair maker), fire fighter, sale assistant, merchant, etc.)

For those who are working in connection with agriculture, consider [the respondent's] activity, whether it is involved with field crop production, vegetable production, fruit tree or plantation crop production, ornamental crops, plant propagation and nursery, mushroom culture, integrated farming, or animal production.

Consider also whether their way of farming is commercial - that is, the objective is economical benefit. Alternatively, it can also be subsistence farming, where the products of the farm are used for home consumption. Therefore, it must be recorded clearly to be able to describe the type of farming (such as commercial crop production, commercial vegetable growing, commercial rice farming or subsistent rice farming, commercial orchard grower, commercial poultry production, etc.)

Craftsman
It is important to record clearly for this type of occupation (such as painter, blacksmith, mechanic and automobile mechanic, telegram installment mechanic, furniture builder, molder, etc.)

Teacher
Record the level of education he/she is teaching (such as primary school teacher, secondary school teacher, college instructor, university lecturer). If a person is teaching more than one level, record the level of teaching where the teacher spends more time than other levels.

Engineer
Record the type of engineering that a person is engaged in (such as civil engineer, electrical engineer, chemical engineer, mining engineer, etc.)

Mechanic
Record the type of technology a person is engaged in (such as mechanical civil engineering, mechanical electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechanical chemical engineering, mechanical mining engineering, mechanical electronic and telecommunication, etc.)

Medical doctor
Record the specialty of a doctor (such as, medicine, surgery, an anesthetic), and also specialists (such as ophthalmologist, obstetrician, dentist, etc.)

Nurse
Record the type of nurse (such as health care nurse, registered nurse, clinical nurse, etc.)

Driver
Record the type of automobile a person drives (such as truck driver, pickup driver, bus driver, hire car driver, tricycle driver, etc.)

Employee
Record the type of work a person is employed in (such as carrying things, dish washing, laundry, earth digging, etc.) If there is more than one occupation, record only the main occupation from last year, considering the following criteria:

The occupation where a person spent most of his time during the last year

If the person spent an equal among of time on [both] occupations, the occupation where a person earned the most income.

If the time spent and the income earned from [both] occupations are the same, ask the respondent to choose his/her main occupation.

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If you know the occupation and job description, but do not know the position or there is no specific position for that occupation, put a dash in the space provided to record a person's occupation.

However, if you do not know the occupation and position, but it is known that this person is working, record "Working, but do not know occupation"

If [the respondent] is not working at all or did not have any occupation in the last year (such as a pensioner, having income from loan interest, etc.), record "Not working" and omit Columns S15 and S16.