For persons aged 12 years and over:

34 Length of service with employer ____

Column 34
Length of service with employer
For persons who held a job last week, state the number of completed years they have worked for their present employer. For persons who had no job last week, state the number of completed years they worked for their most recent employer.

For self-employed persons, give the period during which they were self-employed. For persons who worked without pay for a member of the same household or another relative, give the period during which they have operated as unpaid family workers.

If the person worked for less than a year, give the number of completed months. If the period was less than a month, write 'Less than a month'.

Please specify 'years' or 'months' as appropriate; for example. If length of service was 9 years, write '9 years' and not just '9'.

Note that it is the length of service with the employer that is required, and not the time during which the person worked at his/her job.

Thus, for persons in public service, give the total length of service and not the time spent in their present grade or post.

Approved leaves should be included when counting the length of service.
If the person had a work interruption implying a breach of contract with his/her employer, or a resignation from his/her job, then count the length of service from the date of re-employment.

For persons aged 12 years and over.
(Questions 28 to 33 refer to the person's job or business during the past week. If person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.)

33. Length of service with employer _ _

[Columns 28 to 33 are for persons who have ever worked. Information is required on the person's work during the past week. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. If person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job.]

Column 33 - Length of service with employer
For persons who held a job last week, state the number of completed years they have worked for their present employer.
For persons who had no job last week, state the number of completed years they worked for their most recent employer.
For self-employed persons, give the period during which they were self-employed.
For persons who worked without pay for a member of the same household or another relative, give the period during which they have operated as unpaid family workers.
If the person worked for less than a year, write 'Less than one year'.
Note that it is the length of service with the employer that is required, and not the time during which the person worked at his/her job. Thus, for persons in public service, give the total length of service and not the time spent in their present grade or post.
Approved leaves should be included when counting the length Of service.
If the person had a work interruption implying a breach of contract with his/her employer, or a resignation from his/her job, then count the length of service from the date of re-employment.

The following questions [questions 29 through 34] refer to the person's work during the reference week Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2011. If the person is retired or had no job during that week, answer for his/her last job. If the person has more than one job, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours. [For persons aged 12 years and older]

P34. Length of service with employer _ _

P34 - Length of service
Length of service provides a measure of job security and is also needed for planning pension schemes.

8. How to fill in the Population Census Questionnaire

P34 - Length of Service with employer
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This question is applicable to all persons who are working or who have worked in the past.

For persons who held a job during the reference week; write the number of completed years they have worked for their present employer.

For persons who had no job during the reference week; write the number of completed years they worked for their most recent employer.

For self-employed persons; write the number of completed years during which they were self-employed.

For persons who worked without pay for a member of the same household or for another relative; write the number of completed years during which they have operated as unpaid family workers.

If the period was less than one year; write "0".

Note that it is the length of service with the employer that is required, and not the time during which the person worked at his/her job. Thus, for persons in public service, give the total length of service and not the time spent in their present grade or post.

Approved leaves should be included when counting the length of service. If the person had a work interruption implying a breach of contract with his/her employer, or a resignation from his/her job, then count the length of service from the date of re-employment.

F.2 Characteristics of the main job

82. How long ago did you begin working in this firm or business, in a continuous way? If it is less than a year, record the months.

82. How long ago did you begin working for this firm or business, in a continuous way?

This desires to know the length of a person with the firm, which allows us to know the continuity of that employment.

If the person answers with the number of years, it will be noted in the boxes on top of "Years". If it is less than a year since he began working for the firm, the number of months will be noted in the boxes on top of "Months".

If the person answers with the number of months and there are more than 12 (more than one year of length) you will round, so that 6 months or more will become one year and 5 months or fewer will not be counted. For example: if the person says 15 months, you will note "1 year"; if the person says 18 to 20 months, you will note "2 years".

F.2 Characteristics of the main job

82. How long ago did you begin working in this firm or business, in a continuous way? If it is less than a year, record the months.

82. How long ago did you begin working for this firm or business, in a continuous way?

This desires to know the length of a person with the firm, which allows us to know the continuity of that employment.

If the person answers with the number of years, it will be noted in the boxes on top of "Years". If it is less than a year since he began working for the firm, the number of months will be noted in the boxes on top of "Months".

If the person answers with the number of months and there are more than 12 (more than one year of length) you will round, so that 6 months or more will become one year and 5 months or fewer will not be counted. For example: if the person says 15 months, you will note "1 year"; if the person says 18 to 20 months, you will note "2 years".