National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q3, IPUMS Harmonized Subset
Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q3_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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- MEX2009_LFS-Q3-H-H.dat
- MEX2009_LFS-Q3-P-H.dat
Business type (interviewer only) (MX2009J_P4B)
Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q3-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
523
End:
523
Width:
1
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<div class="title">Employment and Occupation Questionnaire (Basic)</div></p>
<p><span class="h1">IV. Employer characteristics</span></p>
<p>4b. Provide a classification based on the answers provided in questions 4 and 4a:</p>
<div class="i1">Only for the interviewer<br /><br />[] 1 Agriculture or farming (skip to 5)<br />[] 2 Educational or health institution (skip to 4d)<br />[] 3 Public institution or non-profit organization (skip to 4d)<br />[] 4 Private sector<br />[] 5 Not determinable yet</div>
<p><span class="h1">IV. Employer characteristics</span></p>
<p>4b. Provide a classification based on the answers provided in questions 4 and 4a:</p>
<div class="i1">Only for the interviewer<br /><br />[] 1 Agriculture or farming (skip to 5)<br />[] 2 Educational or health institution (skip to 4d)<br />[] 3 Public institution or non-profit organization (skip to 4d)<br />[] 4 Private sector<br />[] 5 Not determinable yet</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 1 | Agricultural activity |
| 2 | Educational institution or hospital |
| 3 | Public institution or a non-profit |
| 4 | Private sector activity or business |
| 5 | Still cannot be determined |
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">7.6 Battery IV. Characteristics of the economic unit</span>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify some important characteristics of the economic units, taking as a starting point the establishment in which the people who are employed perform their main job. Some of these characteristics are: name, proprietary sector, type of activity to which it is dedicated, the way in which it operates (whether or not it is registered under the Law of Corporations, in the case of private companies and businesses, or the way in which the public administration of this country operates), availability of premises and accounting records, as well as the geographic level in which it performs, in the case of private companies and businesses.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons, in order to find out if the economic unit for which they work has a name.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="ital">Name of the economic unit</span>. The trade name, business name or name with which a company, institution or business advertises itself.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4b</span></p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>1. Is an agricultural activity</p>
<div class="i1">- The economic units that are dedicated to agricultural or livestock activities, and those that combine both.<br />- Those working for economic units dedicated to vegetable aquaculture activities (growing algae and other aquatic plants in controlled environments).<br />- The economic units that are dedicated to performing beekeeping activities (breeding and caring for bees to exploit their wax, honey, royal jelly).<br /><br />Exclude from this option those dedicated to:</div><div class="i2">- Providing specialized services to agricultural or livestock units, such as self-employed workers or businesses dedicated to fallow, harvest, packing, fumigating, collecting manure, cleaning activities and classification of eggs, animal crossbreeding and branding cattle, among others, as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Farming aquatic animal species, as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Conducting forestry activities (planting, reforestation and felling trees, as well as collecting forest products, such as bark, rubber, moss, balsam), as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Fishing and hunting animals for commercial purposes or exploitation of their byproducts, as these are classified in option 4.</div><div class="i1">- Economic units dedicated to agroindustry, that is, those dedicated to raising animals or growing agricultural products and the subsequent transformation of these products, as these are classified in option 4.<br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- The farmer who, in addition to growing agave, makes <span class="lang">pulque </span>(alcoholic beverage).<br />- The cattle breeder who is also dedicated to the production of dairy.<br />- The company that, in addition to growing vegetables, is dedicated to dehydrating and packaging them.<br />- The catkin collector who also makes wax.</div><p>2. Is an educational institution or a hospital</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who work for institutions whose main function is to provide formal educational services, from preschool through post-graduate, in any of its modalities: on-site instruction, open and distance learning; whether public or private institutions.<br />- Personnel who work for institutions such as the Council for Educational Development (CONAFE) or the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA).</div><p>2. Is an educational institution or a hospital
<br />Exclude from this option:</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for day cares or early stimulation centers, since their main function is not to provide formal education, but rather to provide care and early childhood care services. Classify them in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.<br />- Personnel who work in public institutions whose main activity is to carry out administrative control, as in the case of offices of the Secretariat of Public Education or state education institutes, since these are classified in option 3.<br />- Self-employed workers who provide educational services, as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Those who work in second and third level medical institutions, whether public or private.</div><p>The second level medical units are characterized by having hospitalization areas, most of them with 24-hour emergency departments; those that are third level by the degree of specialization, addressing complex illnesses that put people at risk of death, and because they conduct scientific research.</p>
<p>When classifying the information for third level medical units, prioritize the medical care services over the research activities. Also prioritize hospitalization care when a worker works in establishments that combine inpatient and outpatient medical care.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<div class="i1">- Rural hospital "Oportunidades" Bochil<br />- Medical surgery center San Martín, private<br />- Regional IMSS hospital in Tampico<br />- Puerto de Hierro Tepic Medical Center (hospital), private<br />- National Psychiatric Institute<br />- ISSSTE Clinical Hospital<br />- National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Dr. Salvador Zubirán</div><p>Exclude from this option:</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for first level medical units (health centers, doctors' offices, dispensaries and family medicine units), of the public or private sector, because they only provide outpatient medical consulting services and ambulatory surgery. Classify them in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.</div><p>2. Is an educational institution or a hospital</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for establishments that perform clinical laboratory studies, as these are classified in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.<br />- Workers who work for public and private institutions dedicated to providing welfare services: nursing homes, nurseries, persuasive orientation centers and telephone psychological support, soup kitchens, homes for single mothers, orphanages, etc. Classify them in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.<br />- Self-employed workers who provide in-home care for senior citizens, the disabled, sick and children: nurses, nannies. Classify them in option 4.</div><p>3. Is a public institution or a non-profit organization</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for government institutions of any level (federal, state or municipal), dedicated to the administration and capture of public resources, dispensing of justice, production of goods and services.<br />- Workers who work for public sector clinics that provide outpatient consultation services and general or specialized ambulatory surgery. Exclude economic units that provide hospital services, whether in the public or private sector, as they are classified in option 2.<br />- Personnel who work for informal public education institutions, such as day care centers (whose main function is to provide welfare services), training centers for and at work, such as the Occupational Teaching Center (CEO), Job Training Center (CECATI) or the Juan Diego Community Development Center IAP.<br />- Workers who work for institutions dedicated to capturing public resources to support the development of economic projects through the granting of credits and loans: Bancomext (Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior [National Bank of Foreign Trade]), Fifomi (Fideicomiso Fondo Minero [Miner's Fund Trust]), Fovissste (Fondo de la Vivienda del ISSSTE [ISSSTE Housing Fund]), Board of the National San Marco Fair, Federal Mortgage Company.<br />- Those who work for non-profit institutions: civil, commercial, labor, political, professional, recreational and religious organizations and associations (Regional Cattle Union of Aguascalientes, Association to Fight Cancer, Sea Cortés, AC, Red Cross, Cáritas).</div><p>4. Is a private sector activity or business</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who work for economic units in the private sector, regardless of the economic activity to which it is dedicated, its size, the type of legal organization (individual or legal entity) or the legal or illegal form under which it operates. Below are some examples of the type of economic units classified here.<br />- Those who work for economic units dedicated to the collection of forest products, such as mullein, catkin, fruit, medicinal herbs, <span class="lang">lechuguilla</span>, wood, moss, resin, for marketing purposes.</div><p>4. Is a private sector activity or business</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for economic units whose main activity consists of providing services to other economic units of any sector of the economy: animal crossbreeding services, rental of machinery and equipment for use in forestry with an operator, animal sperm bank, waxing flowers, renting formwork, photocopying service, gardening services.<br />- Subordinate or independent workers who work for clinics or general or specialty medical offices, for outpatient consultation, of the private sector. Include those who work in their own home or that of their patients providing outpatient medical care.<br />- Workers who work for private clinics and private offices dedicated to personal care. Includes those who work in their own home or that of their clients providing personal care services.<br />- Those who work providing informal educational services: remedial teacher in their own home or the home of their clients; the teacher or instructor of aerobics, martial arts, cooking, languages, knitting, yoga.</div><p>5. Still cannot be determined</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for economic units that could not be classified in any of the preceding options.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle option 1, go to question 5a; if you circle option 2 or 3, go to question 4d; if you circle option 4 or 5, continue with question 4c.</div>
<br />The purpose of this battery of questions is to identify some important characteristics of the economic units, taking as a starting point the establishment in which the people who are employed perform their main job. Some of these characteristics are: name, proprietary sector, type of activity to which it is dedicated, the way in which it operates (whether or not it is registered under the Law of Corporations, in the case of private companies and businesses, or the way in which the public administration of this country operates), availability of premises and accounting records, as well as the geographic level in which it performs, in the case of private companies and businesses.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons, in order to find out if the economic unit for which they work has a name.
<br />[Omitted figure]</p>
<p><span class="ital">Name of the economic unit</span>. The trade name, business name or name with which a company, institution or business advertises itself.</p>
<p><span class="em">Question 4b</span></p>
<p>[Omitted figure]</p>
<p>1. Is an agricultural activity</p>
<div class="i1">- The economic units that are dedicated to agricultural or livestock activities, and those that combine both.<br />- Those working for economic units dedicated to vegetable aquaculture activities (growing algae and other aquatic plants in controlled environments).<br />- The economic units that are dedicated to performing beekeeping activities (breeding and caring for bees to exploit their wax, honey, royal jelly).<br /><br />Exclude from this option those dedicated to:</div><div class="i2">- Providing specialized services to agricultural or livestock units, such as self-employed workers or businesses dedicated to fallow, harvest, packing, fumigating, collecting manure, cleaning activities and classification of eggs, animal crossbreeding and branding cattle, among others, as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Farming aquatic animal species, as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Conducting forestry activities (planting, reforestation and felling trees, as well as collecting forest products, such as bark, rubber, moss, balsam), as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Fishing and hunting animals for commercial purposes or exploitation of their byproducts, as these are classified in option 4.</div><div class="i1">- Economic units dedicated to agroindustry, that is, those dedicated to raising animals or growing agricultural products and the subsequent transformation of these products, as these are classified in option 4.<br />Examples:</div><div class="i2">- The farmer who, in addition to growing agave, makes <span class="lang">pulque </span>(alcoholic beverage).<br />- The cattle breeder who is also dedicated to the production of dairy.<br />- The company that, in addition to growing vegetables, is dedicated to dehydrating and packaging them.<br />- The catkin collector who also makes wax.</div><p>2. Is an educational institution or a hospital</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who work for institutions whose main function is to provide formal educational services, from preschool through post-graduate, in any of its modalities: on-site instruction, open and distance learning; whether public or private institutions.<br />- Personnel who work for institutions such as the Council for Educational Development (CONAFE) or the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA).</div><p>2. Is an educational institution or a hospital
<br />Exclude from this option:</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for day cares or early stimulation centers, since their main function is not to provide formal education, but rather to provide care and early childhood care services. Classify them in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.<br />- Personnel who work in public institutions whose main activity is to carry out administrative control, as in the case of offices of the Secretariat of Public Education or state education institutes, since these are classified in option 3.<br />- Self-employed workers who provide educational services, as these are classified in option 4.<br />- Those who work in second and third level medical institutions, whether public or private.</div><p>The second level medical units are characterized by having hospitalization areas, most of them with 24-hour emergency departments; those that are third level by the degree of specialization, addressing complex illnesses that put people at risk of death, and because they conduct scientific research.</p>
<p>When classifying the information for third level medical units, prioritize the medical care services over the research activities. Also prioritize hospitalization care when a worker works in establishments that combine inpatient and outpatient medical care.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
<div class="i1">- Rural hospital "Oportunidades" Bochil<br />- Medical surgery center San Martín, private<br />- Regional IMSS hospital in Tampico<br />- Puerto de Hierro Tepic Medical Center (hospital), private<br />- National Psychiatric Institute<br />- ISSSTE Clinical Hospital<br />- National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Dr. Salvador Zubirán</div><p>Exclude from this option:</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for first level medical units (health centers, doctors' offices, dispensaries and family medicine units), of the public or private sector, because they only provide outpatient medical consulting services and ambulatory surgery. Classify them in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.</div><p>2. Is an educational institution or a hospital</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for establishments that perform clinical laboratory studies, as these are classified in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.<br />- Workers who work for public and private institutions dedicated to providing welfare services: nursing homes, nurseries, persuasive orientation centers and telephone psychological support, soup kitchens, homes for single mothers, orphanages, etc. Classify them in option 3 or 4, based on the proprietary sector.<br />- Self-employed workers who provide in-home care for senior citizens, the disabled, sick and children: nurses, nannies. Classify them in option 4.</div><p>3. Is a public institution or a non-profit organization</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for government institutions of any level (federal, state or municipal), dedicated to the administration and capture of public resources, dispensing of justice, production of goods and services.<br />- Workers who work for public sector clinics that provide outpatient consultation services and general or specialized ambulatory surgery. Exclude economic units that provide hospital services, whether in the public or private sector, as they are classified in option 2.<br />- Personnel who work for informal public education institutions, such as day care centers (whose main function is to provide welfare services), training centers for and at work, such as the Occupational Teaching Center (CEO), Job Training Center (CECATI) or the Juan Diego Community Development Center IAP.<br />- Workers who work for institutions dedicated to capturing public resources to support the development of economic projects through the granting of credits and loans: Bancomext (Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior [National Bank of Foreign Trade]), Fifomi (Fideicomiso Fondo Minero [Miner's Fund Trust]), Fovissste (Fondo de la Vivienda del ISSSTE [ISSSTE Housing Fund]), Board of the National San Marco Fair, Federal Mortgage Company.<br />- Those who work for non-profit institutions: civil, commercial, labor, political, professional, recreational and religious organizations and associations (Regional Cattle Union of Aguascalientes, Association to Fight Cancer, Sea Cortés, AC, Red Cross, Cáritas).</div><p>4. Is a private sector activity or business</p>
<div class="i1">- Workers who work for economic units in the private sector, regardless of the economic activity to which it is dedicated, its size, the type of legal organization (individual or legal entity) or the legal or illegal form under which it operates. Below are some examples of the type of economic units classified here.<br />- Those who work for economic units dedicated to the collection of forest products, such as mullein, catkin, fruit, medicinal herbs, <span class="lang">lechuguilla</span>, wood, moss, resin, for marketing purposes.</div><p>4. Is a private sector activity or business</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for economic units whose main activity consists of providing services to other economic units of any sector of the economy: animal crossbreeding services, rental of machinery and equipment for use in forestry with an operator, animal sperm bank, waxing flowers, renting formwork, photocopying service, gardening services.<br />- Subordinate or independent workers who work for clinics or general or specialty medical offices, for outpatient consultation, of the private sector. Include those who work in their own home or that of their patients providing outpatient medical care.<br />- Workers who work for private clinics and private offices dedicated to personal care. Includes those who work in their own home or that of their clients providing personal care services.<br />- Those who work providing informal educational services: remedial teacher in their own home or the home of their clients; the teacher or instructor of aerobics, martial arts, cooking, languages, knitting, yoga.</div><p>5. Still cannot be determined</p>
<div class="i1">- Those who work for economic units that could not be classified in any of the preceding options.<br />- Sequence to follow. If you circle option 1, go to question 5a; if you circle option 2 or 3, go to question 4d; if you circle option 4 or 5, continue with question 4c.</div>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of business (interviewer only).
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q3 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were employed for an economic unit in Mexico, excluding those hired by a household or another worker
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Work Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |