Literal question
<span class="h3">D - Economic characteristics</span>
<br />(For those 10 years of age and older)
<br />[Questions 15 to 19 are asked of persons age 10+ years old]</p>
<p>18. Occupational category
<br /><svar a="all" v="GT73A434"><div class="i1">Which category or position did you have in the occupation indicated above (question 16)?<br /><br />[] 1 Owner<br />[] 2 Self-employed<br />[] 3 Salaried or waged employee<br />[] 4 Unpaid family member<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">D. Economic characteristics (for person aged ten years or older)</span></p>
<p>Ask questions 15-19 only for those aged ten (10) years or older.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 18: occupational category</span></p>
<p><span class="ital">1. How to ask the question:</span></p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 80]</span></p>
<p>Ask, "What professional category were you in, or what position did you have in the "principal occupation" category indicated in question 16?"</p>
<p>After you ask this question, slowly read the options until the person being enumerated determines which category he or she falls in. Keep in mind the definition of each option so that you can advise the person being enumerated.</p>
<p><span class="em">1. Employer:</span> this is a person who has or had one or more wage earners performing an economic activity, i.e., workers who receive payment in cash or kind. If the person does not have employees, he or she is not an employer.</p>
<p><span class="em">2. Self-employed:</span> this is a person who works for himself or herself, does not work for anyone else, and does not have any paid employees. A self-employed worker may receive help from family members and may work alone or with someone else.</p>
<p><span class="em">3. Paid employee:</span> this is someone who works for a public or private employer and who receives wages, commission, or compensation in kind in exchange for his or her work.</p>
<p><span class="em">4. Unpaid family member:</span> This is a person who performs unpaid work for an enterprise operated by a relative and who works for at least one-third of the work day. People who do domestic work or occasional work in the enterprise are not included in this category.</p>
<p><span class="ital">2. How to record the answer:</span>
<br />Mark an "X" in one of the options. Mark an "X" in box 9, "unknown," only if the respondent does not know the occupational category of a household member.</p>
<p><span class="ital">3. Example:</span>
<br />[This box contains question 18 of the section VI, "people in the census household."]
