Literal question
[Questions 20-36 were asked of persons age 14+.]
[Questions 28-36 were asked about the main job where the person works the most hours.]
[Questions 28-31 were asked of persons age 14+ who worked last week or had a job, per questions 24-26.]
29. What is the name of the occupation? ____
30. What duties do you perform in this job? ____
Interviewer instructions
Starting here, men and women who are 14 years old and more should answer the questions.
Follow the order of the questions strictly.
Pay attention to the sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps to continue asking the questions.
The questions 20 to 23 refer to the marital status of the persons 14 years old or more.
Questions 24 to 37
These questions ask about the employment of the population. We will now see how some of the questions should be completed.
Carefully observe sequence indicated by the arrows and the steps tom continue asking questions.
Main job is the one where the person answering the census worked the most hours during the week before the census. If the person answering the census has two jobs in which he/she works the same number of hours, you should opt for the one where he/she obtains the greatest income.
Question 29: What is the name of his/her occupation?
Occupation is understood to be the concrete work that the interviewee personally carries out in his/her place of work. You should register the concrete name, such as for example: back cashier, operator of a mixing machine for chemical products, nursing assistant, operator of a watering panel, grade school teacher, school secretary, etc.
The answers should be sufficiently detailed; avoid vague definitions of occupations, such as for example: employee, operator, worker, etc.
Question 30: What tasks do you do in this work?
Tasks are the actions that the persons carries out in his/her principal place of work, described with the greatest detail possible, including materials, instruments or machinery, tools that he/she uses.
For example: Maria Ester works sewing in a shoe factory: "sews leather shoes with an electric sewing machine". You will register:
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