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Egypt 2006 — source variable EG2006A_JOBSTAB — Job stability

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[Questions 8-14 were asked of persons age 6 and older]

14. Job stability

[] 1 Under age
[] 2 Permanent
[] 3 Temporary
[] 4 Seasonal
[] 5 Casual
[] 6 Not working

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Table 1: Household characteristics

16. Job stability
Note: Work nature is to be completed for members who are currently working or who are currently unemployed but have worked before -- using the last job he/she practiced (employment status (7).

There is one square; one of the following numbers is marked, writing the verbal response below the squares:

1. Below age: for members who are younger than 6 years.
2. Permanent: for the member who works permanently, like an employee.
3. Temporarily: for the member who work temporarily, like a fresh graduate who works on a temporary contract.
4. Seasonal: for the member who work seasonally, like an agricultural worker who works during cotton harvest season.
5. Casual: for the member who work on intermittent days, like a construction worker who works per day.
6. Not affiliated: for the rest of members who don't work and those who are unemployed and have never worked before.

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Nicaragua 2005 — source variable NI2005A_TEMPWORK — Permanent or temporary job

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

27. The work that [the person] performs is:

[] 1 Temporary
[] 2 Permanent

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

Question 27. The work that [the person] performs is:

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

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Palestine 2017 — source variable PS2017A_WRKCONTRCT — Job contract for wage employee

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For employed persons and unemployed ones who ever worked (who answers items (1--5) of question 74, and if the answers (6--12) go to question 83
[Questions 79 through 82 asked of persons aged 7 or older who were employed or unemployed as indicated in questions 74 responses 1 through 5.]

Wage employee question 80 answers (3--4)
[Question 81 and 82 were asked to respondents who answered they were wage earning employees in question 80]

81. What is the nature of individual contract (current/previous job)

[] 1. Written contract for a limited period
[] 2. Written contract for unlimited period
[] 3. Verbal agreement
[] 4. No

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Panama 1980 — source variable PA1980A_EMPTYPE — Type of employment

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21. Are you currently employed permanently or temporarily?

Mark the appropriate box.

[] 1 Permanent
[] 2 Temporarily [occasionally]

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For persons 10 years old or older
(Apply to questions 14 to 25)

The questions that form this Section are meant to get information about the participation of the population 10 years old or older in the economic activities of this country.
The questions relating to the chapter are applied to the situation existing in the week immediately before the day of the Census (reference week). Reference week is defined below:
Definition of "Reference Week" or "Last Week": It is the complete calendar week, from Sunday to Saturday that, for census purposes goes from May 4, 1980 to May 10, 1980.
The answers obtained in question 13 are the basis for classifying the population of persons 10 years old or older as:

1. Economically active (employed and unemployed).
2. Not economically active (homemaker, student, disabled, retired, pensioner, rentier, others inactive).

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1. Economically active population
This group is understood to be the population of 10 years old or older who supply the workforce available for the production of goods and services of the country and is divided into Employed and Unemployed.

1.1 Employed Population: is understood to be persons who:

a) Have an occupation or job remunerated in money or in kind, during the reference week.
b) Have a private business or job on their own account. Example: The owner of a grocery store, the farmer, the lawyer who has his own practice, etc.
c) Works regularly in a business or company of a member of their family even when not drawing a wage or salary (Contributing family worker).
d) Sell tickets, newspapers, or any other article; make food to sell; wash cars; shine shoes; sew in their house for others; the kind of work, time worked or amount of money that they receive during the reference week does not matter.
e) Have a steady remunerated job but do not work during the reference week because of temporary circumstances: sickness or accident; vacation; work conflicts such as: bad weather; machine breakdowns, strike, on leave, etc.

1.2 Unemployed population: This group constitutes persons who do not have a remunerated occupation or job during reference week, but:

a) Have worked before and look for work (visits employment agencies or offices in search of work, consults friends about the availability of work, is relying on ads in newspapers, that is to say, makes the effort with the goal of finding employment).

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b) Are not looking for work because they have a job that will begin on a previously appointed date.
c) Look for their first job or that is "New Workers". The oldest age for a "New Worker" is 45.

2. Not economically active population
This group is understood to be the flowing persons:

2.1 Homemaker: The person who is dedicated only and exclusively to domestic tasks and chores in their own home and were not looking for work, nor were they retired, pensioned, living on investments, or attending school. In a dwelling there can be more than one homemaker.
2.2 Student: The person who is dedicated exclusively to studying.
2.3 Invalid: The person who is found to be physically or mentally impeded from working.
2.4 Retired: The person who has stopped working and is receiving retirement income.
2.5 Pensioned, rentier: The person who receives auxiliary or pensioned income (pensioned). Equally include in this group all the persons who without working receive money or investments from a business or company (rentier). Do not include persons who receive pension for food, divorce, etc.
2.6 Retired without benefits: Include in this group the persons who in some opportunity had a job but currently are separated from all type of economic activity without receiving retirement benefits or a pension.
2.7 Other condition: The person who without being classified in any of the groups above does not do any economic activity and remains idle.

When classifying the population, special care should be taken with the persons of the female sex who declare themselves to be "Homemaker" and those who declare themselves to be [p. 82] students. In the first case they sometimes also do remunerated jobs like: cleaning, ironing, sewing, styling hair, painting fingernails, making candy etc. in their own home or outside it but because they spend little time in these labors they forget to give this information.
On the other hand, some students after class or on weekends dedicate themselves to cleaning shoes, selling newspapers, washing cars etc. Equal care should be taken with the spouse or companion or the children of farm families, who regularly help with the agricultural labors but do not declare this job.
For reasons already explained, it is necessary that before classifying the population, the enumerator investigates more to find out if the parson did some work during the reference week. If is made known that the person worked during this period, even when it was part time, it should be classified as Employed, that corresponds to the population who is Economically Active.

Question 21 Are you currently employed permanently or temporarily?

Only for one who works as an employee

Mark the corresponding box in agreement with the answer that the person gives.

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Panama 1990 — source variable PA1990A_EMPLOYED — Employment status

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VI. Degree or diploma obtained and economic characteristics.
For individuals 10 years of age and older
[Questions 13 - 21 were asked of people 10 years and older.]

20. Is or was your job temporary?

[] 1 Permanent
[] 2 Temporary

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Important observations about questions 14 to 21:
Questions 14 to 21, which form part of this section, are meant for getting information about the participation of the population of 10 years old or older in economic activities of the country. It is recommended that each member of the home respond for themselves. If this is not possible, the Head or responsible adult could respond for the youngest, but it is preferable to insist that the adult members respond for themselves.
The information refers to the week before the Census. This week is defined as the reference week and is understood to be from Sunday to Saturday.

Questions 15 to 21 should be asked to all persons who were marked in any of the circles 01 to 05 of question 14. Except to persons who answered that they have never worked in question 15.

Question Number 20: Is or was your job temporary?
Mark the corresponding circle agreeing with the response of the person, considering the following definitions:

Circle 1: Permanent employee: a person who works or used to work in a private company with the existence of a contract 1 year or more. In the case of government employees, the person is or was appointed by decree.
Circle 2: Temporary employee: a person who works or has worked in a private company with a contract under 1 year. In the case of government employees, it is a person not appointed by decree, but rather works or used to work the same job by contract.

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Panama 2000 — source variable PA2000A_CONTRACT — Contract type

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For individuals 10 years of age and older

[Questions 14-23 were asked of persons aged 10 and older.]

22. Are you or were you employed . . .

[] 1 Permanently?
[] 2 Contracted for a specific job?
[] 3 On a fixed contract?
[] 4 On an indefinite contract?

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The objective of this section is to get information about the participation of the population 10 years old or older in economic activities of the country.
The information refers to the week before the Census. This week is defined as the reference week and is understood to be from Sunday to Saturday.
It is recommended that each member of the home respond for themselves. If this is not possible, the head or responsible adult could respond for the youngest, but it is preferable to insist that the adult members, especially if they are working, respond for themselves.

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Principal activity of the person:
The responses obtained in questions 14 to 17 are the basis for classifying the population of 10 years old or older in:

1. Economically Active Population: is understood to be the population 10 years old or older who supplies the available work force for the production of economic goods and services in the country, during the reference week. This population is classified as employed or unemployed.

a) Employed population: covers persons 10 years old or older who during the reference week:
- Have an occupation or job remunerated in money or in kind.
- Have their own business or they work on their own account.
- Work regularly in a business or company of a member of their family even when not drawing a wage or salary ([Contributing] family worker). In this case a [contributing] family worker should have as a minimum 15 hours worked to be considered as such.
- Persons absent from their job temporarily because of sickness or accident, holidays or vacations, strikes, on leave from school or military service, on maternity leave.
- Did not work, but do occasional jobs.

b) Unemployed population: This group is understood to be persons 10 years old or older who during the reference week:
Do not have an occupation or job and are looking for employment.
Looked for work before and waits for news, that is to say, one who has adopted means of looking for remunerated employment or an independent job.

2. Not economically active population: is understood to be retirees or pensioners, students, workers at home or homemakers, rentiers and other conditions.

Questions 19 to 23 should be asked to all persons who marked circle 1 in questions 14, 15, 16 and 17 and circles 2 and 3 of the last question except persons who answered that "they never have worked" (circle 9998) in question 18.

Question No. 22: What kind of employment do you or did you have?

Read the alternatives and mark the circle corresponding to the response agreeing with the response of the person, considering the following definitions:

Permanent. Circle 1: They are workers of the Governmental Sector who always have been appointed by decree.

Contract for a specific job. Circle 2: It is the case of construction workers whose job duration and or contract validity is limited to the period of how long the work lasts.

On a fixed contract. Circle 3: Labor condition in which a worker in a private company or in the governmental sector can be found whose contract has a fixed period of validity.

Indefinite contract. Circle 4: Labor condition in which all workers in a private company who have a work contract with an undetermined duration between both interested parts (Worker and employer) are found.

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Panama 2010 — source variable PA2010A_CONTRACT — Contract type

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[Questions 17 to 27 were asked to individuals 10 years old and older]

27. Are you or were you a ___ employee?

[] 1 Permanent
[] 2 Contracted for a specific job
[] 3 On a fixed contract
[] 4 On an open-ended contract
[] 5 Without a written contract

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[Questions 17 to 27 were asked to individuals 10 years old and older]

Question No. 27: Are you or were you a _______ employee?
[Question 27 is asked to those persons classified in categories 1 to 6 of question 26.]
Remember that this question is asked to those who claimed to be employees in question 26.
If you marked any of the circles 02, 03, 04, 05 or 06 (Employee of a non-profit institution, employee of a cooperative, private company employee, domestic employee, or employee in the Canal Commission or defense sites, respectively) in question 26, only mark circles 2, 3, 4 or 5 in this question (Contract for a specific job, fixed contract, open-ended contract or no written contract, respectively).
Read the alternatives and mark the circle corresponding to the response agreeing with the response of the person, considering the following definitions:
Permanent (Circle 1): They are workers of the Governmental Sector who always have been appointed by decree.
Contracted for a specific job (Circle 2): a person whose job duration or contract validity is limited to the duration of the work. Example: most of construction workers.
On a fixed contract (Circle 3): Labor condition of a worker in a private company, cooperative, non-profit organization or in the governmental sector whose contract has a fixed period of validity (start and end dates)
On an open-ended contract (Circle 4): Labor condition of every worker in a private company, cooperative or non-profit institution who has an employment contract with an undetermined duration by the interested parties (worker and employer).
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No written contract (Circle 5): Labor Condition of every worker who does not have an employment contract and where there is an oral agreement between the interested parties (worker and employer).
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Examples for questions 17 to 27:
Example No. 1:
Ernesto reports that he worked as a lawyer at the Ministry of Economy and Finance last week. The Ministry is responsible for formulating economic and social policy, manage and provide resources to implement the plans and programs of the Government, so, he is a government employee, permanently.
Example No. 2:
Amalia de Berrocal did not work last week or pursue any work, but she was looking for a job. The last time she worked, it was as a bilingual secretary at the College of William Shakespeare, a school dedicated to teaching at the secondary level.
Example No. 3:
Ruth Berrocal did not work last week because she was on vacations. She is a student of a Masters in Management of Social Welfare and attends graduate school every night. She works, during work hours, as a sociologist in CEASPA, the Panamanian Center for Studies and Social Action, which is a non-governmental organization dedicated to social research. She works as an employee of CEASPA, with an open-ended contract.
Example No. 4:
Julio Berrocal did not work or looked for a job during the last week or last month because he is a student, currently enrolled in the fourth year (tenth grade) of high school. He also helps his mother, as much as he can, with housework.

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