Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter VII. Characteristics of the people</span></p>
<p><span class="em">For persons of age 7 years and older </span>
<br />[Questions 12 to 20 are for persons of age 7 years and older]</p>
<p><span class="em">16. Did you worked during the week of the 17th to the 23rd of November?</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes (proceed to question 18)<br />[] 2 No</div>
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 7: Individual characteristics</span></p>
<p>This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.</p>
<p>[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>
<p>Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.</p>
<p>Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.</p>
<p>Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.</p>
<p>Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.</p>
<p><span class="em">Questions 12-20 are for persons aged seven or older.</span></p>
<p><span class="em">The reference period for questions 16-20 is the week preceding the census date (from Sunday November 17 to Saturday November 23, 2002).</span></p>
<p><span class="em">16. Employment the previous week </span>
<br />Ask, "Did the person work the week of November 17-23?"</p>
<p>[A graphic of question 16, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>
<p><span class="em">Work is: </span>
<br />An economic activity, paid or unpaid, for a period of at least one hour during the week preceding the census date (the reference week) where the economic activity is performed for another person as an employee or worker. </p>
<p><span class="pg">[p. 63]</span></p>
<p>These economic activities include:</p>
<div class="i1">Work paid daily or as a regular salary;<br /><br />Work for payment in kind (in exchange for food, lodging or supplies rather than<br />payment in cash or salary);<br /><br />Work paid for on a piecework basis, as commission, or in tips;<br /><br />Active employment in the armed forces (army);</div><p>An economic activity performed in one's own business or professional endeavor or as an independent employee (self-employed);</p>
<p>An economic activity performed without pay in a business, or in an economic activity in a household or on a farm or agricultural enterprise run by a member of the household. Examples are a son who works in his parents' grocery store or shop, or a son who helps his parents in their agricultural work;</p>
<p>Any other economic activity performed during the reference period and for which payment is received in cash or kind, including sewing done in the household; cloth manufacture, arts and crafts, food or candy produced for sale, as well as work in workshops and mills set up at home.</p>
<p>Remember that housewives, students, children, and the elderly can perform any economic activity that produces income, in which case they should be considered workers.</p>
<p>The following items are not considered work:</p>
<div class="i1">Housework (except for domestic employees who receive wages or a salary), and maintenance work done on the dwelling by members of the household;<br /><br />Unpaid community and volunteer work for the church, as fire fighters, and for other non-profit organizations.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 64]</span><br /><br />Work performed by persons confined involuntarily in institutions (prisons, sanitariums, shelters, work farms, etc.).</div><p>If the answer is affirmative (person did work in week of November 17-23), go to question 18.
