National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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- Data files
- MEX2009_LFS-Q1-H-H.dat
- MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat
Paid in another (not listed) form (MX2009H_P6_10)
Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q1-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
746
End:
746
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Extended)</div></p>
<p><span class="h1">VI. Income and health insurance</span></p>
<p>6. Does [the respondent] receive or get paid in:</p>
<div class="i1">(Read the options and circle those mentioned by the respondent)<br /><br />[] 01 Commission?<br />[] 02 A per-piece rate or per-service/project completed?<br />[] 03 Professional fees?<br />[] 04 Tips?<br />[] 05 Salary bonuses or productivity bonuses?<br />[] 06 Vouchers or commercial products?<br />[] 07 Only receives hourly wages, salary, or day's wage (skip to 6b)<br />[] 08 Only his/her business profits (skip to 6b)<br />[] 09 The respondent is not paid nor receives income (includes subsistence farming) (skip to 6d)<br />[] 10 None of the above<br />[] 99 Doesn't know<br />[] 00 For data input use only</div>
<p><span class="h1">VI. Income and health insurance</span></p>
<p>6. Does [the respondent] receive or get paid in:</p>
<div class="i1">(Read the options and circle those mentioned by the respondent)<br /><br />[] 01 Commission?<br />[] 02 A per-piece rate or per-service/project completed?<br />[] 03 Professional fees?<br />[] 04 Tips?<br />[] 05 Salary bonuses or productivity bonuses?<br />[] 06 Vouchers or commercial products?<br />[] 07 Only receives hourly wages, salary, or day's wage (skip to 6b)<br />[] 08 Only his/her business profits (skip to 6b)<br />[] 09 The respondent is not paid nor receives income (includes subsistence farming) (skip to 6d)<br />[] 10 None of the above<br />[] 99 Doesn't know<br />[] 00 For data input use only</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Did not receive employment questionnaire |
| 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No or NIU (not in universe) |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">7.8 Battery VI. Income and medical care</span>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the payment modalities, as well as the frequency and amount of the income employed persons obtain from their main job. It also allows you to confirm the condition of unpaid employed persons (family members or other persons). And, additionally, it distinguishes employed persons who have medical care services as a benefit of their main job, from those who do not have it.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 6</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons to learn the form(s) in which they receive payment for their main job.</p>
<p><span class="em">Form of payment. </span>Manner in which the employed population obtains income for the performance of their main job, in accordance with the labor conditions.</p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- How to ask the question. Read the response options in the order in which they appear, regardless of whether they are independent or subordinate workers, especially if you notice that the interviewee does not understand the question. If you think it appropriate, ask, for example: "How do you obtain your income or how are you paid?"</div><div class="i1">- <span class="ital">Subordinate workers. </span>It is common to find there are subordinate workers who, in addition to their salary, may receive another or other forms of payment: commissions, tips, bonuses or vouchers or marketable products; record each one in the respective options, as long as they are regular.<br />- <span class="ital">Independent workers, various forms of payment. </span> Record the form of payment the informant tells you. For example, in the case of a service provider it is possible to classify it in option 02 by the piece (piecework), service or job completed or in 08 only surplus business income; it all depends on the interviewee's response.<br />- <span class="ital">No income yet. </span>If a subordinate worker indicates they have not yet received any type of income because they have just started working, ask for the forms of payment that, based on their agreement, they will receive, and circle the answer; in the case of an independent worker, simply circle option 08.<br />- <span class="ital">Consistent information. </span>Check that the responses are consistent, for example, a self-employed worker cannot receive a compensation or performance bonus, as this form of payment is exclusive to subordinate workers or employers. In the case of an inconsistency, verify the response with the informant.</div><p>If you detect inconsistencies of this type, ask the informant which response is correct.</p>
<p>01. By commission</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive their income in this way, even if they have another type of payment.<br /><br />Commission. Payment some subordinate workers receive for the sale of certain products or the provision of specific services.<br /><br />- Those who, for each sale or service performed receive a percentage, or cases where starting at an agreed goal (sale of a certain quantity of products), a percentage is obtained.<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- A department store salesperson who in addition to his salary, receives 2% of the sales he makes.<br />- A barber who receives 25% of the cost of each haircut he completes.</div><p>02. By the piece (piecework), service or job completed</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers dedicated to production activities or provision of personal services whose form of economic remuneration depends on the work performed or finished, not the time taken to do the work. Based on the foregoing, the frequency of payment is not uniform.<br /><br />By the piece. The form of payment determined by the number of products manufactured or services provided, regardless of the time taken to do so.<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- The mason who is paid per square meter of floor he installs.<br />- The hired laborer who is paid by bundle of cotton picked.<br />- The barber who is paid based on the number of haircuts made.</div><p>03. Based on professional fees</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who state they receive their income through this form of payment.<br />Fee. Financial retribution of workers hired under this modality in the provision of personal or professional services.<br /><br />There are two types of workers under the payment of fees system:<br />- Workers who work regularly or exclusively for an economic unit.<br />- Independent workers (professionals) who, in agreement with clients, establish the conditions under which they will provide their services.</div><p>04. With tips</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who obtain their income through this form of payment as the only form or as a supplement to other forms.<br /><br />Tip. Voluntary gratuity, in cash, the user gives to the person who provided a service.<br /><br />Example:</div><div class="i2">- Supermarket baggers, waiters and gasoline pumpers.</div><p>05. With compensation or performance bonus.</p>
<div class="i1">- Subordinate workers who state they receive, in addition to their base salary, a bonus as a form of regular pay. If the frequency with which the bonus is received is more than one month, do not consider it as a form of payment, that is, do not circle the option.<br /><br />Compensation bonus. Cash amount some workers receive for performing a job at a certain level of hierarchy, as a supplement to their salary.<br /><br />Performance bonus. Cash amount workers receive for having performed extraordinary activities in relation to those that are normally assigned or for increasing their performance with respect to a prior reference period.</div><p>06. With vouchers or marketable products</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive, in exchange for their work, vouchers or coupons exchangeable for merchandise with a frequency of one month or less.<br />- Include those whose economic unit supplements their pay by depositing electronic vouchers on a card (managed similarly to a debit card), with which they can make purchases at specific stores.<br />- Workers who receive, as a form of payment, with a frequency of up to once a month, products or merchandise they can sell to obtain cash. If the frequency with which they receive the marketable merchandise or products is more than monthly, do not consider it a form of payment.<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- The subordinate worker who, as part of their biweekly salary, receives a certain amount in grocery vouchers.<br />- The manager who receives, every other week and as part of his salary, gasoline vouchers for private use for his vehicle.<br />- A worker who works in a butcher shop in which he receives daily, as a form of payment, meat and vegetables.<br />Exclude as a form of payment products that cannot be sold: lodging, academic grants, food for consumption at the workplace, etc.</div><p>07. Only receives wage, salary or daily wage</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive a fixed cash remuneration, established based on a verbal or written contract. In these cases the remuneration, in general, is weekly, biweekly or monthly and corresponds to a number of days and a defined work schedule in accordance with an employment contract.<br />- Those who are paid by the hour or day worked.<br />Wage or salary. Amount in cash, or in kind, workers receive periodically as compensation for the ordinary and extraordinary work agreed through a verbal or written contract.<br />- Those who receive every one or two months, under the form of a grant, financial compensation for their performance as community instructors for CONAFE. While it is known as a grant, in practice it is treated as a payment for the work being performed or a payment accrued for work already done.<br />- Those who receive financial compensation for performing their social service or completing their professional practice, regardless of where the financial resources for the grant originate: from the economic unit in which they collaborate or from PRONABES (National Grant Program) or any other governmental or private institution.<br /><br />This financial compensation could be received while the social service is being performed or after it has been completed.</div><p>08. Only surplus business income</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers whose income consists of what comes into the business, although it is not necessarily earnings, as it could be operating with losses.<br />Earnings. Surplus or profit in money obtained by independent workers, once they have recovered the amount of their investment.<br />- Independent workers who receive other income derived from the same activity; for example, the sale of waste material (cardboard, cans) in the case of a grocery store, or the sale of byproducts, such as tamale leaves, if the main activity is growing corn.<br />- Those who declare that agricultural/livestock production is for self-consumption, as long as a part is allocated for sale, as you should prioritize the fact that there is a sale over the self-consumption. If only self-consumption is reported, circle option 09.<br />- Circle this option even when an independent worker states they have been operating with losses.</div><p>09. Not paid or does not receive income (includes agricultural/livestock self-consumption)</p>
<div class="i1">- People who do not receive any type of payment, either in cash or in kind.<br />- Those who receive room, board, clothing and other non-marketable products in exchange for their work, as these are not considered payment.<br />In this case, check that you have circled option 2 or 3 in question 3h for unpaid worker, either family or other person (for example, apprentices, social service providers, interns, trainees).<br />- Workers who consume what they themselves produce (self-consumption). Remember that self-consumption only applies in the case of corn and bean production, exclusively.<br />- Those who participate in "community programs" called <span class="lang">"mano vuelta" </span>(labor exchange) or <span class="lang">"entre ayudados"</span> (mutual assistance): "I help you now, but later you help me".<br />- Those who complete their social service or academic practice without receiving any type of payment for doing to.</div><p>10. None of the above</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive their payment through a different form than those mentioned in the preceding options.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle any of the options from 01 to 06, 10 or 99, continue with question 6a; if you circle 07 or 08, go to question 6b; if you circle option 09, go to question 6d.</div>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the payment modalities, as well as the frequency and amount of the income employed persons obtain from their main job. It also allows you to confirm the condition of unpaid employed persons (family members or other persons). And, additionally, it distinguishes employed persons who have medical care services as a benefit of their main job, from those who do not have it.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 6</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons to learn the form(s) in which they receive payment for their main job.</p>
<p><span class="em">Form of payment. </span>Manner in which the employed population obtains income for the performance of their main job, in accordance with the labor conditions.</p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- How to ask the question. Read the response options in the order in which they appear, regardless of whether they are independent or subordinate workers, especially if you notice that the interviewee does not understand the question. If you think it appropriate, ask, for example: "How do you obtain your income or how are you paid?"</div><div class="i1">- <span class="ital">Subordinate workers. </span>It is common to find there are subordinate workers who, in addition to their salary, may receive another or other forms of payment: commissions, tips, bonuses or vouchers or marketable products; record each one in the respective options, as long as they are regular.<br />- <span class="ital">Independent workers, various forms of payment. </span> Record the form of payment the informant tells you. For example, in the case of a service provider it is possible to classify it in option 02 by the piece (piecework), service or job completed or in 08 only surplus business income; it all depends on the interviewee's response.<br />- <span class="ital">No income yet. </span>If a subordinate worker indicates they have not yet received any type of income because they have just started working, ask for the forms of payment that, based on their agreement, they will receive, and circle the answer; in the case of an independent worker, simply circle option 08.<br />- <span class="ital">Consistent information. </span>Check that the responses are consistent, for example, a self-employed worker cannot receive a compensation or performance bonus, as this form of payment is exclusive to subordinate workers or employers. In the case of an inconsistency, verify the response with the informant.</div><p>If you detect inconsistencies of this type, ask the informant which response is correct.</p>
<p>01. By commission</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive their income in this way, even if they have another type of payment.<br /><br />Commission. Payment some subordinate workers receive for the sale of certain products or the provision of specific services.<br /><br />- Those who, for each sale or service performed receive a percentage, or cases where starting at an agreed goal (sale of a certain quantity of products), a percentage is obtained.<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- A department store salesperson who in addition to his salary, receives 2% of the sales he makes.<br />- A barber who receives 25% of the cost of each haircut he completes.</div><p>02. By the piece (piecework), service or job completed</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers dedicated to production activities or provision of personal services whose form of economic remuneration depends on the work performed or finished, not the time taken to do the work. Based on the foregoing, the frequency of payment is not uniform.<br /><br />By the piece. The form of payment determined by the number of products manufactured or services provided, regardless of the time taken to do so.<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- The mason who is paid per square meter of floor he installs.<br />- The hired laborer who is paid by bundle of cotton picked.<br />- The barber who is paid based on the number of haircuts made.</div><p>03. Based on professional fees</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who state they receive their income through this form of payment.<br />Fee. Financial retribution of workers hired under this modality in the provision of personal or professional services.<br /><br />There are two types of workers under the payment of fees system:<br />- Workers who work regularly or exclusively for an economic unit.<br />- Independent workers (professionals) who, in agreement with clients, establish the conditions under which they will provide their services.</div><p>04. With tips</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who obtain their income through this form of payment as the only form or as a supplement to other forms.<br /><br />Tip. Voluntary gratuity, in cash, the user gives to the person who provided a service.<br /><br />Example:</div><div class="i2">- Supermarket baggers, waiters and gasoline pumpers.</div><p>05. With compensation or performance bonus.</p>
<div class="i1">- Subordinate workers who state they receive, in addition to their base salary, a bonus as a form of regular pay. If the frequency with which the bonus is received is more than one month, do not consider it as a form of payment, that is, do not circle the option.<br /><br />Compensation bonus. Cash amount some workers receive for performing a job at a certain level of hierarchy, as a supplement to their salary.<br /><br />Performance bonus. Cash amount workers receive for having performed extraordinary activities in relation to those that are normally assigned or for increasing their performance with respect to a prior reference period.</div><p>06. With vouchers or marketable products</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive, in exchange for their work, vouchers or coupons exchangeable for merchandise with a frequency of one month or less.<br />- Include those whose economic unit supplements their pay by depositing electronic vouchers on a card (managed similarly to a debit card), with which they can make purchases at specific stores.<br />- Workers who receive, as a form of payment, with a frequency of up to once a month, products or merchandise they can sell to obtain cash. If the frequency with which they receive the marketable merchandise or products is more than monthly, do not consider it a form of payment.<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- The subordinate worker who, as part of their biweekly salary, receives a certain amount in grocery vouchers.<br />- The manager who receives, every other week and as part of his salary, gasoline vouchers for private use for his vehicle.<br />- A worker who works in a butcher shop in which he receives daily, as a form of payment, meat and vegetables.<br />Exclude as a form of payment products that cannot be sold: lodging, academic grants, food for consumption at the workplace, etc.</div><p>07. Only receives wage, salary or daily wage</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive a fixed cash remuneration, established based on a verbal or written contract. In these cases the remuneration, in general, is weekly, biweekly or monthly and corresponds to a number of days and a defined work schedule in accordance with an employment contract.<br />- Those who are paid by the hour or day worked.<br />Wage or salary. Amount in cash, or in kind, workers receive periodically as compensation for the ordinary and extraordinary work agreed through a verbal or written contract.<br />- Those who receive every one or two months, under the form of a grant, financial compensation for their performance as community instructors for CONAFE. While it is known as a grant, in practice it is treated as a payment for the work being performed or a payment accrued for work already done.<br />- Those who receive financial compensation for performing their social service or completing their professional practice, regardless of where the financial resources for the grant originate: from the economic unit in which they collaborate or from PRONABES (National Grant Program) or any other governmental or private institution.<br /><br />This financial compensation could be received while the social service is being performed or after it has been completed.</div><p>08. Only surplus business income</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers whose income consists of what comes into the business, although it is not necessarily earnings, as it could be operating with losses.<br />Earnings. Surplus or profit in money obtained by independent workers, once they have recovered the amount of their investment.<br />- Independent workers who receive other income derived from the same activity; for example, the sale of waste material (cardboard, cans) in the case of a grocery store, or the sale of byproducts, such as tamale leaves, if the main activity is growing corn.<br />- Those who declare that agricultural/livestock production is for self-consumption, as long as a part is allocated for sale, as you should prioritize the fact that there is a sale over the self-consumption. If only self-consumption is reported, circle option 09.<br />- Circle this option even when an independent worker states they have been operating with losses.</div><p>09. Not paid or does not receive income (includes agricultural/livestock self-consumption)</p>
<div class="i1">- People who do not receive any type of payment, either in cash or in kind.<br />- Those who receive room, board, clothing and other non-marketable products in exchange for their work, as these are not considered payment.<br />In this case, check that you have circled option 2 or 3 in question 3h for unpaid worker, either family or other person (for example, apprentices, social service providers, interns, trainees).<br />- Workers who consume what they themselves produce (self-consumption). Remember that self-consumption only applies in the case of corn and bean production, exclusively.<br />- Those who participate in "community programs" called <span class="lang">"mano vuelta" </span>(labor exchange) or <span class="lang">"entre ayudados"</span> (mutual assistance): "I help you now, but later you help me".<br />- Those who complete their social service or academic practice without receiving any type of payment for doing to.</div><p>10. None of the above</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who receive their payment through a different form than those mentioned in the preceding options.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle any of the options from 01 to 06, 10 or 99, continue with question 6a; if you circle 07 or 08, go to question 6b; if you circle option 09, go to question 6d.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent is paid in another (not listed) form. This is a multiple response question where "no" is combined with NIU (not in universe).
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q1 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were employed for an economic unit in Mexico
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |