Literal question
Occupational characteristics
For persons age 8 or older
[Questions 13-18 were asked of persons age 8 or older.]
17. Secondary occupation: ________
Only for those who declared a principal occupation.
Write down the occupation that produces the second highest income. Examples: collector, runner, brick layer, private chauffer, porter (package carrier, etc.).
Interviewer instructions
Occupational characteristics
Observation
222. Under the general title "Occupational characteristics" are six themes for titles 13 to 18. For the information to be collected, firstly the whole population of the country has to be grouped within two primary groups:
a) The economically active population.
b) The not economically active population.
Each one of these two large groups will be, at the same time, differentiated into sub-groups, and each and every one of these will be specified under title 13.
[p. 36]
223. Next, the principal occupation of those to be enumerated is investigated (title 14), considering that when a person works more than one occupation, it is the one that supplies the greatest income; and secondary occupation, that which follows the principal in importance regarding income. If a person only works one occupation, this will be the principal occupation.
224. Next, under the name industry of principal activity, the class of industry or place of work where said principal occupation is done (title 15) is to be investigated, and the category or role with which it is done, as employee, worker, etc. (title 16).
The same is for the investigation of secondary occupation when it exists (title 17), and the industry of secondary activity or class of industry where this last activity is done (title 18).
225. In order to get a rational and appropriate group of information, many individual situations should be contemplated which are adjusted to definitions, each time more refined by economic, social and technical censuses. Such definitions and methodological procedures to register information are structured in the form that reflects the occupational situation of those enumerated on the "day of the census".
226. The information asked for in titles 13 to 18 is intimately correlated. This means that once initial basic information is registered, no other information in titles 14 to 18 should be written down without having clarified, whether proceeding or not, the registration of information in the title immediately before. The information registered in title 13 is clarified, and continue conditionally for each one of the following titles until 18, according to the situation of the person enumerated.
Title 17: Secondary occupation
269. Write down in specific form, in the same form used for the principal occupation, the occupation, office, or class of work, of secondary character, that people do on the "day of the census".
270. Secondary occupation is understood to be any that produced the second amount of income.
The respective notation should be made only for people classified as "employed" in title 13 and who consequently have declared a principal occupation (title 14).
271. In a good number of cases, occupations named under the generic headline as "odd job", are those that will constitute the secondary occupation of people. In each case, it will important to get from the informant the specific and true name of the activity classified as "odd job".
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272. It is important to take into account that not everyone who has named a principal occupation will have, necessarily, on the date or "day of the census", a secondary occupation.
273. For people who claimed to not have any (none) secondary occupation, the census investigation will then be finished, by drawing a diagonal line in the space reserved for registering of information corresponding to this title, and the following (title 18).
