Literal question
6. Resident characteristics
Work and earnings
For persons aged 10 years or older
[Questions 6.41 to 6.59 were asked for persons 10 years of age or older.]
[Questions 6.45 to 6.53 were asked for persons who reported working for pay, being temporarily away from a paid job, or helping another member of the household with a paid job during the reference week.]
Questions 6.46 to 6.49 should refer to the single or main job that the person had during the reference week.
6.48 In this work, were you:
[] 01 Employee with a formal contract
[] 02 Army, navy, air force, police and firemen military member (Skip to 6.51)
[] 03 Public sector employee
[] 04 Employee without a formal contract (Skip to 6.50)
[] 05 Self-employed
[] 06 Employer (Go to 6.49)
[] 07 Unpaid worker (If code 1 in item 6.45, skip to 6.53. If code 2 in item 6.45, skip to 6.50)
Interviewer instructions
Work and Income
For residents 10 years of age or older
Questions 6.46 to 6.48 refer to the main or only work that the person had on the week in reference.
6.48 ? In this job you were:
This question seeks to capture the occupational position and category of employment in the person's main job on the week of reference.
But what is "occupational position"?
Occupational position is the relationship between the person and the enterprise in which he/she works. The employee is a person who worked for an employer (individual or legal entity), being committed to fulfill a day's work and receiving a remuneration in cash, goods, products or benefits (housing, food, clothing, training, etc.).
[page 258]
In the occupational position an employee is:
A person who did military service for a salary;
A priest, minister of the church, pastor, rabbi, monk, nun and other clergyman;
A person working in housekeeping services with wages, or benefits in one or more households;
Apprentices and trainees receiving only learning or training as payment;
Persons employed only receiving (housing, food, clothing, training, etc.).
Depending on the situation, record:
01 - Employee with a formal contract: A person employed with a formal contract.
02 - Soldier in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Military Police or Fire Department: A person who serves in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Auxiliary Forces as Military Police or Fire Department, including the person who had obligatory military service.
[page 259]
03 - Employee of the civil services judicial branch in any instance (federal, state or local): A person employed at an institution, foundation, government agency, etc., or at the governmental (executive, legislative, judicial) branches no matter if it is at the local, state or federal level.
04 - Employee without contract: A person employed without a formal contract, who has not been in military services or does not work in any governmental institution.
05 - Self-employed: A person who works in his/her own business, alone or with a partner, without having employees, even if counting on help from an unpaid worker.
06 - Employer: A person who worked in his/her own enterprise with at least one employee.
07 - Unpaid worker: A person who, on the week of reference, worked to help household residents but did not received payment.
