Literal question
For persons of 10 years old and more
51. In that job, [the respondent] is/ was:
[] 1 Employee earning a wage or salary
[] 2 Employer or boss
[] 3 Unpaid family worker
[] 4 Self-employed (Skip to question 54)
[] 5 Member of a production cooperative (Skip to question 54)
[] 6 Other (Skip to question 54)
Interviewer instructions
For people age 10 or older
Question 51: In that job (NAME) was (or is)?
Read clearly all the answer options to the interviewee for this question. Read slowly and clearly so the interviewee can fully understand.
Fill in the correct answer.
If the interviewee answered with code 4, 5 or 6 skip to question 54.
Salary paid employee: A person that works as an employee, laborer, day laborer and that receives a salary for the work he/she does in an institution, company, business or farm. These include those employees that receive a fix salary (monthly, biweekly, etc.) as well as those who get paid by commission or by job basis, or by honorary or in other similar ways.
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Employer or Owner: A person that has his/her own company, business, or establishment and employs more than one person, which he/she pays a salary.
Independent Worker: A person that works independently in an economic activity. He/she could work by himself/herself or be associated to others and receive help from family members.
Family worker with no remuneration: Persons that do not receive any type of remuneration, either a salary or any payment for the work that they do in a business, company or family economic activity.
Member of a cooperative: A person that works for a cooperative obtaining some sort of income from his/her work there.
Other category: A person with other positions or work characteristics not previously specified.
