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National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE), 2009
LFS-Q4, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 2009
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MEX_2009_LFS-Q4_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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Engaged in a business or activity on own account (MX2009K_P3B)

Data file: MEX2009_LFS-Q4-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 464
End: 464
Width: 1
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>3b. Does this mean [the respondent] has his/her own business or is self-employed?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No (skip to 3h)</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes, has a business or activity on own account
2 No, does not have a business or activity on own account
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 3b</span>
<br />This question is asked to employed persons who in the previous question said they did not have a boss, employer or superior at their job, in order to verify whether they are independent workers or subordinate managers.</p>

<p>[Omitted figure]</p>

<p>Instructions:</p>
<div class="i1">- If the worker is a member of a cooperative, consider them engaged in a business or activity on their own, as long as they participate as a proprietary member and worker, and in addition to receiving a payment or salary, receive profits or earnings for their participation.</div><p>- Sequence to follow. If you circle option 1, continue with question 3c; if you circle option 2, go to question 3h.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondents are engaged in a business or activity on their own account.
Universe
Mexico 2009 Q4 LFS: Present persons age 12+ who were employed and who did not have a boss or supervisor

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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