Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2">7.4 Battery II. Not employees</span>
<br />The general purpose of this battery of questions is to characterize the not employed population, based on whether or not they are seeking a job and are willing to join one, and to identify if they have work experience.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 2</span>
<br />This question is asked to not employed persons to find out if they tried to find a job or start an independent job and to further identify whether the search took place in the country or abroad.
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<p>Conceptual clarifications</p>
<div class="i1">Not employed persons. People who did not work during the reference week nor did they have a job.<br />Search for work. Actions taken by not employed people to try to obtain a job or start some independent work.</div><p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 2c</span>
<br />This question is asked of those who declared that their last search for work took place within a period of not more than three months before the interview. The purpose of the question is to find out the availability of this population to have started working during the reference week.</p>
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<p>Conceptual clarifications:
<br />Population available to work. People who did not work during the reference week nor did they have a job, but they are interested in working.</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- In the eyes of the informant, mainly for those who responded they had looked for work without interruption through the date of the interview, the question may sound absurd. In situations like this, in order to guaranty the continuity of the interview, you can give a brief explanation like the following:<br /><br />"The question is asked to verify that (state the person's name) has effectively been willing to start a job, because there are people who despite actively looking for a one, could have changed their mind or experienced some unforeseen circumstance that has made their availability status to change."<br /><br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- A student who was looking for work because they were thinking of leaving school, but in the reference week chose to only remain in school.<br />- A woman who was looking for work, but is no longer available because she has realized she is pregnant.<br />In conclusion: Despite having actively looked for work, a person may say they were not in a condition to start a job in the same reference period for different reasons.<br />- Available to work. Circle option 1 if the interviewee was available to start a job during the reference week. In this case, continue with question 2d.<br />- Not available to work. Circle option 2 if the interviewee says they really were not in a condition to start the job they were seeking in the reference period. In this situation, go to question 2e.<br />- Availability is unknown. Circle option 9 if the informant says they do not know if the interviewee really is available to work during the reference week, and then go to question 2e.</div>
