National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q2, IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q2_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-Q2-H-H.dat
- MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat
Number of unpaid workers at own business (MX2009I_P3G3_2)
Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q2-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
494
End:
495
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Basic)</div></p>
<p><span class="h1">III. Employment information</span></p>
<p>3g. How many persons does [the respondent] employ or receive help from?</p>
<div class="i1">(Read, circle, and record the quantity mentioned by the respondent in the options)<br />(If any of the options from 1 to 9 is marked, skip to 4)<br /><br />[] 1 Paid employees</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 2 Business partners</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Unpaid workers</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 4 Doesn't know what type of workers</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 9 Doesn't know<br />[] 0 For data input use only</div>
<p><span class="h1">III. Employment information</span></p>
<p>3g. How many persons does [the respondent] employ or receive help from?</p>
<div class="i1">(Read, circle, and record the quantity mentioned by the respondent in the options)<br />(If any of the options from 1 to 9 is marked, skip to 4)<br /><br />[] 1 Paid employees</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 2 Business partners</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Unpaid workers</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 4 Doesn't know what type of workers</div><div class="i2">[Number of persons] _ _ _</div><div class="i1">[] 9 Doesn't know<br />[] 0 For data input use only</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 01 | 1 unpaid worker |
| 02 | 2 unpaid workers |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 50 | 50 |
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">7.5 Battery III. Work context</span>
<br />Starting with this battery of questions and up to six, the information you obtain will refer exclusively to the main job of the employed population, such that it could have been performed during the reference week or they could have been absent from it, but with return assured.</p>
<p>The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the person's position or job, their title in the occupation, the size of the economic unit and how long they have been on the job, among others. In addition, based on title in the occupation, the purpose will be, in the case of:</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers, identify their level of autonomy and the line of their activity.<br />- Subordinate workers, identify whether they have a written contract and access to employment benefits, as well as the form in which they accessed their job.</div><span class="em">Question 3g</span>
<br />This question is asked to independent workers who have the support of other workers, to find out how many there are and what position in the occupation they have, to identify the employers and the workers they employ.</p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- How to record the information. Circle the option(s) indicated by the informant, and then enter the amount in the corresponding spaces. If the response indicates that they only have the support of one type of worker, circle the respective option and do not make any annotations in the remaining options.<br />- How to count the personnel employed. Count all the workers who work for the economic unit, considering all establishments it has to perform its economic activity, as long as they are the same type of business or activity; for example, all workers who work attending the hot dog carts of an economic unit dedicated to the sale of this type of food.<br />- Count of all workers. Include in the sum all workers who work for the economic unit; regardless of their age, or whether or not they receive economic remuneration for their work.<br />- The number of workers varies. If the number of workers in the economic unit is variable throughout the year, count those who were working during the reference week.</div><p>1. Workers who receive payment</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who have salaried workers (laborers and employees). If the number is equal to or greater than 998, enter code 998.<br />Worker who receives a payment (paid worker). The person who receives a payment for their work form the economic unit for which they work. The payment may be monetary or in kind (with marketable merchandise).</div><p>2. Partners
<br />Employers or self-employed workers, when they are associated with other workers.</p>
<div class="i1">- How to count the partners in a company or business. Count them as such if they say so, that is, it does not matter if there is a legal document that covers them as a group or not. If you detect the presence of two or more partners, ask the interviewee to count all the workers who are working for that company, distinguishing them by their position in the occupation.</div><p>Remember that the partner is the person who, when incorporating a company or business in association with another person or other people, provides financial resources, labor, knowledge or skills for its operation. Count as partners only those workers who meet the preceding conditions; if they only contribute capital, do not count them as such.</p>
<p>Respect the informant's response if they report the presence of a partner among the members of their household; for example, a married couple who run their grocery business, a farmer and his children, a carpenter who along with his wife and children are engaged in making furniture.</p>
<p>3. Unpaid workers</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who work regularly without receiving wages or a salary, whether or not they are family.</div><p>Worker who does not receive payment (unpaid worker). The employed person who does not receive any type of payment (monetary or in kind) for their occupation.</p>
<p>4. Type of workers unknown</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who specify a number of workers, but do not know what type they are (paid, partners, unpaid), write the number of workers indicated.<br />- Workers for whom both pieces of information are unknown: number and type. Write code 999.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the options you circle, go to question 3r.</div>
<br />Starting with this battery of questions and up to six, the information you obtain will refer exclusively to the main job of the employed population, such that it could have been performed during the reference week or they could have been absent from it, but with return assured.</p>
<p>The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify the person's position or job, their title in the occupation, the size of the economic unit and how long they have been on the job, among others. In addition, based on title in the occupation, the purpose will be, in the case of:</p>
<div class="i1">- Independent workers, identify their level of autonomy and the line of their activity.<br />- Subordinate workers, identify whether they have a written contract and access to employment benefits, as well as the form in which they accessed their job.</div><span class="em">Question 3g</span>
<br />This question is asked to independent workers who have the support of other workers, to find out how many there are and what position in the occupation they have, to identify the employers and the workers they employ.</p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- How to record the information. Circle the option(s) indicated by the informant, and then enter the amount in the corresponding spaces. If the response indicates that they only have the support of one type of worker, circle the respective option and do not make any annotations in the remaining options.<br />- How to count the personnel employed. Count all the workers who work for the economic unit, considering all establishments it has to perform its economic activity, as long as they are the same type of business or activity; for example, all workers who work attending the hot dog carts of an economic unit dedicated to the sale of this type of food.<br />- Count of all workers. Include in the sum all workers who work for the economic unit; regardless of their age, or whether or not they receive economic remuneration for their work.<br />- The number of workers varies. If the number of workers in the economic unit is variable throughout the year, count those who were working during the reference week.</div><p>1. Workers who receive payment</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who have salaried workers (laborers and employees). If the number is equal to or greater than 998, enter code 998.<br />Worker who receives a payment (paid worker). The person who receives a payment for their work form the economic unit for which they work. The payment may be monetary or in kind (with marketable merchandise).</div><p>2. Partners
<br />Employers or self-employed workers, when they are associated with other workers.</p>
<div class="i1">- How to count the partners in a company or business. Count them as such if they say so, that is, it does not matter if there is a legal document that covers them as a group or not. If you detect the presence of two or more partners, ask the interviewee to count all the workers who are working for that company, distinguishing them by their position in the occupation.</div><p>Remember that the partner is the person who, when incorporating a company or business in association with another person or other people, provides financial resources, labor, knowledge or skills for its operation. Count as partners only those workers who meet the preceding conditions; if they only contribute capital, do not count them as such.</p>
<p>Respect the informant's response if they report the presence of a partner among the members of their household; for example, a married couple who run their grocery business, a farmer and his children, a carpenter who along with his wife and children are engaged in making furniture.</p>
<p>3. Unpaid workers</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who work regularly without receiving wages or a salary, whether or not they are family.</div><p>Worker who does not receive payment (unpaid worker). The employed person who does not receive any type of payment (monetary or in kind) for their occupation.</p>
<p>4. Type of workers unknown</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who specify a number of workers, but do not know what type they are (paid, partners, unpaid), write the number of workers indicated.<br />- Workers for whom both pieces of information are unknown: number and type. Write code 999.<br />- Sequence to follow. Regardless of the options you circle, go to question 3r.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the number of unpaid workers at own business.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q2 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were self-employed and hired workers, who had unpaid workers
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |