Literal question
Only for people who worked in the year prior to the census date
[Applies to questions V - Z]
Z. Position in the occupation declared in question V
[] 85 public employee
[] 86 private employee
[] 87 self-employed
[] 88 partner (part or half ownership)
[] 89 employer
[] 90 member of family or institution
Interviewer instructions
The following questions will only be asked of those persons who worked during the year preceding the date of the census
(September 1, 1959, to August 31, 1960)
[Applies to questions V - Z]
Question Z - Position in the occupation declared in Question V.
The field with the response should be marked with an X, observing the following definitions:
Public employee - For those who receive remuneration from an organ of a federal, state or municipal government or of a government-owned company. Construction workers paid by the day will not be included in this group;
Private employee - For those who receive monetary payment or payment in kind (part of the production) for work which is rendered by the individual, company or institution. Persons such as Construction workers paid by the day by an organ of public administration will be included in this group;
Work by self-employed persons - For persons who exercise their activity individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment);
Sharecropper - For those who work in a type of economic activity with a certain degree of autonomy (growing of crops, livestock raising, fishing, etc.) and who pay part of their production for the right to exercise this activity. In this case, sharecroppers who work individually or with the help of persons in the family (provided that these latter do not receive monetary payment) will be considered sharecroppers. Those who have employees should be classified as employers;
Employer - For those who are engaged, with their own resources, in a line of economic activity and who employ one or more employees. Persons who have only domestic help will not be included in this group;
Members of the family or institution - For those who help in the work of the head of the family or of other persons in the family and do not receive monetary payment and for those who are part of a religious, educational or charitable institution, etc. and do not receive direct remuneration.
