Literal question
[Questions 22-40 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 21.]
Questions 33-38 refer to your job or business last week. If none, answer for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1970.
[Questions 33-38 were asked of persons 15+ who worked in 1970 or 1971, per question 32.]
33. How many hours do you usually work each week?
[] 1-19
[] 20-29
[] 30-34
[] 35-39
[] 40-44
[] 45-49
[] 50 or more
Interviewer instructions
33 to 38.
If you had a job last week, answer these questions for your job last week even if you were absent from work because of temporary lay-off, illness, vacation, labour dispute, training courses, etc.
Answer the questions for the same job. If you had more than one job last week, give information for the one at which you worked the most hours.
If you had no job or business last week (with or without pay), give the information for your job of longest duration since January 1, 1970.
33. Fill the circle opposite the hours group that includes the number of hours you usually work in the job described (i.e., in your job last week or if no job last week, in your job of longest duration since January 1, 1970, whether with or without pay). Include overtime hours only if you usually work overtime. Exclude time not worked during mealtime and time spent on another job, own housework or on volunteer work. If the job described involved different hours at different periods of the year, give the usual hours for the longest period.
