[Question 46 asked of persons 10 years and over.]

46b. Amount ($) _ _ _ _

This section, comprising eight questions - numbered 36 to 43 inclusive - must be marked on the questionnaire for the head of the household only.

79. Question 46 - Total income

This question is divided into two parts. The first part refers to the last pay period, and the second part to the total income received for the pay period marked above.

Remember that many people do not like to tell others how much money they earn, often they do not even tell their own family or friends. You must therefore be tactful if you are to get the questions answered correctly and willingly. You must emphasize that it is not intended to pry into the private affairs of the individual and that the information is required only to work out estimated averages for the whole country.

Since in some cases respondents would not tell even their own families how much they work for correctly, if at all, you should not expect such a respondent to tell you how much he earned in the presence of others. You should therefore be on guard for such cases and try as far as possible to get this information from the respondent by himself or herself. Your marks must indicate the person's gross income from all sources for the last pay period.

In general there are two types of income to be dealt with. The first is wages and salaries, that is earnings as a paid employee. Commission, overtime payments, bonuses, and any other extras must be included, before deductions for taxes, etc. are made - in wages and salaries.

The second type covers income as an own-account worker or employer, i.e. a person who has his own business or farm, with or without paid help. For these persons total receipts from their business farm or profession must be marked
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Where a person receives income as a paid employee as well as an own-account worker or employer, the total income from all these sources must be marked.

Part (a) Pay period

Part (b) Total income

Four rows of figures are printed on the questionnaire. You are required to make a mark in each row.

The first row represents "thousands", the second row represents "hundreds" the third row represents "tens" and the fourth row "units".

Hereunder are some examples:

A person who earned $25 in his last pay period must be marked:-

Another person earned $129 in his last pay period must be marked:-

A person carrying on his own business or farm reports that for the past year he earned $2,706.

You should mark "year" in part (a) to represent the last pay period and part (b) should be marked.