Literal question
21. What was your income last month from:
a. Wage or salary from job? B/. _ _ _ _
b. Income from independent or own-account work? B/. _ _ _ _
c. Agricultural sales? B/. _ _ _ _
d. Retirement, pensions, scholarships, family assistance, rental and rents income, or subsidies? B/. _ _ _ _
e.Without income
Interviewer instructions
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 21: What was your income last month from:
a. Wage or gross salary?
b. Income from independent work or by your own account?
c. Farm or livestock sales?
d. Retirement payment, pension, grants, family aid, rent, investments, or subsidies?
e. Without income
Read every one of the alternatives and wait for the response of the person. If there is no income in any of the alternatives draw a diagonal line. Below is detailed what should be included in each alternative of the question.
a. Wage or gross salary: refers to the wage, gross salary or commission obtained in the occupation that the person did last month, without deductions of Social Security, Income Tax, Education Insurance, or whatever other deduction from loans from a bank or other credit institution. When the person earned fixed wage and commission, add the two amounts and write down the result in the corresponding space.
Put a zero in front when the amount is less than 1,000, Example:
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For employees of the agricultural and livestock sector, ask for the whole gross salaries for all days worked last month and add those salaries earned during the time that they worked and write down the corresponding amount.
Example:
When enumerating a dwelling, it is found that one of its members worked in the agriculture and livestock sector in neighboring farms for 12 days. The payment received was B / 3.00 for 5 days and B / 4.00 the rest of the days worked, for which the calculation carried out is 3 Balboas for 5 days plus 4 Balboas for 7 days = B / 43.00. the salary to write down will be:
[Below the text is a filled out form.]
If a person is not sure or does not know the wage or salary of another person who is not present, with much tact, ask for last month's pay stub. If the checkbook corresponds to a week, multiply the gross total by 4.33 and if it is of every other week, multiply the gross total by 2.
If a person refuses to give a wage or salary, write down 9999 in the corresponding space
Example:
If you are enumerating a dwelling in the administrative unit Bella Vista and one of the members of the home who worked in a private company says that they do not know how much they earned, which is a subtle and indirect way of refusing to give the information, try to convince the person in a confidential way that they [the private company] have their information and use any other means of persuasion to get the required information. If you cannot obtain the information by any other means, write down the numbers 9999 in the following manner:
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b. Income from independent job or by their own account: refers to the net income, or that is deposits minus expense withdrawals in the business received by the person who worked for their own account or as employer.
Example:
When enumerating an owner of a grocery store, he states that he sold more or less B / 250.00 in merchandise a day, but that the net gain is B / 15.00 a day. It did not close any day of the month. The income to be written down will be (15 x 30):
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c. Agricultural and livestock sales: refers to sales of agricultural and livestock products that an agricultural or livestock worker made during the last month.
Example:
Mr. Victor Corrales who is a farmer, last month sold 300 lbs of corn at B / 10.00, 1000 lbs of rice at B / 12.00. Also he sold 3 chickens at B / 6.00 a head. The carried out calculation is 3 times 10 = B / 30.00 plus 10 times 12 = B / 120.00 plus 3 times 6 = B / 18.00 = B / 168.00. The income to be written down will be:
[Below the text is a filled out form.]
d. Retirement payments, pensions, grants, family aid, rent, investments or subsidies: refers to income received by a retired or pensioned person such as a food pension that one of the spouses receives from the other because of being separated, like food payments for the children that they have had in common.
It also includes here all contributions that one of many of the members of the home can receive from family members (not belonging to the home), or other persons such as public or private institutions. The contributions can be in money or in kind (goods or services). In this last case, the values should be calculated and written down in Balboas. Example[s] of this type of income are: milk or other food that children in schools or children's centers receive, food and goods donations by social aide or state programs; money, clothes, food or any other goods that can be received by being non resident parents or relatives in the interviewed dwelling, etc. The number to write down should be the final result of all the contributions that the person would be able to receive in this heading. Include also the money received by any renting of dwellings or places, land or any other property that the person owns and the dividends, interests, or benefits from stocks, bonds and savings accounts or investments. Do not forget to ask if there is any scholarship holder and if there is one under 10 years old, write down the information about the head of home.
