Interviewer instructions
[Questions 17 to 27 were asked to individuals 10 years old and older]
Question No. 27: Are you or were you a _______ employee?
[Question 27 is asked to those persons classified in categories 1 to 6 of question 26.]
Remember that this question is asked to those who claimed to be employees in question 26.
If you marked any of the circles 02, 03, 04, 05 or 06 (Employee of a non-profit institution, employee of a cooperative, private company employee, domestic employee, or employee in the Canal Commission or defense sites, respectively) in question 26, only mark circles 2, 3, 4 or 5 in this question (Contract for a specific job, fixed contract, open-ended contract or no written contract, respectively).
Read the alternatives and mark the circle corresponding to the response agreeing with the response of the person, considering the following definitions:
Permanent (Circle 1): They are workers of the Governmental Sector who always have been appointed by decree.
Contracted for a specific job (Circle 2): a person whose job duration or contract validity is limited to the duration of the work. Example: most of construction workers.
On a fixed contract (Circle 3): Labor condition of a worker in a private company, cooperative, non-profit organization or in the governmental sector whose contract has a fixed period of validity (start and end dates)
On an open-ended contract (Circle 4): Labor condition of every worker in a private company, cooperative or non-profit institution who has an employment contract with an undetermined duration by the interested parties (worker and employer).
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No written contract (Circle 5): Labor Condition of every worker who does not have an employment contract and where there is an oral agreement between the interested parties (worker and employer).
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Examples for questions 17 to 27:
Example No. 1:
Ernesto reports that he worked as a lawyer at the Ministry of Economy and Finance last week. The Ministry is responsible for formulating economic and social policy, manage and provide resources to implement the plans and programs of the Government, so, he is a government employee, permanently.
Example No. 2:
Amalia de Berrocal did not work last week or pursue any work, but she was looking for a job. The last time she worked, it was as a bilingual secretary at the College of William Shakespeare, a school dedicated to teaching at the secondary level.
Example No. 3:
Ruth Berrocal did not work last week because she was on vacations. She is a student of a Masters in Management of Social Welfare and attends graduate school every night. She works, during work hours, as a sociologist in CEASPA, the Panamanian Center for Studies and Social Action, which is a non-governmental organization dedicated to social research. She works as an employee of CEASPA, with an open-ended contract.
Example No. 4:
Julio Berrocal did not work or looked for a job during the last week or last month because he is a student, currently enrolled in the fourth year (tenth grade) of high school. He also helps his mother, as much as he can, with housework.
