Literal question
[Questions 22-40 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 21.]
31. a. How many hours did you work for pay or profit last week?
Include all jobs and overtime.
[] None
[] 1-19
[] 20 or more
b. Last week, how many hours did you help without pay in the operation of a family business or a farm?
Do not include housework in own home.
[] None
[] 1-19
[] 20 or more
c. Did you look for work last week?
For example, contact a Canada Manpower Centre, check with employers, place or answer newspaper ads, etc.
[] Yes
[] No
d. Last week did you have a job from which you were on temporary lay-off?
[] Yes
[] No
e. Last week, did you have a job or business from which you were absent because of illness, vacation, strike, training courses, etc.?
[] Yes
[] No
Interviewer instructions
31.
(a) Fill the circle opposite 1-19 or 20+ hours according to the actual hours you worked last week under on one or more of the following conditions:
(1) Your worked for someone else even for a few hours on a full-time or part-time job,
for wages, salary, piece-rates, tips, commission, or payment "in kind" (such as room, board, or supplies received in place of cash wages).
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(2) You operated your own business or professional practice, alone or in partnership; this includes operating a lodging-house.
(3) You operated your own farm, either owned or rented, alone or in partnership. Mark hours worked even if no profit was made.
(4) You preformed services last week for which you were paid in kind (or cash) while undergoing training, for example, a nurse-in-training in a hospital.
(5) You served in the Armed Forces.
(6) Your worked with pay for non-family members at such jobs as baby-sitting, keeping house, sewing, delivering papers, etc.
(7) You served as a member of a religious order as a priest, monk or nun.
Note that "hours without pay, worked for a related member of our household" should be reported in part (b).
Fill the circle opposite "None" if none of these conditions apply. Housework in your own home, volunteer work and school homework are not to be considered as work for the special purposes of this question.
(b) Fill the circle opposite 1-19 or 20+ hours as appropriate if you worked without regular money wages for a related member of your household in a family business or farm. Otherwise, fill the circle opposite "None".
Note: Self-employed persons should report their hours in part (a) and not in part (b).
(c) Fill the "Yes" circle if, at any time last week, you:
(1) actively looked for work by efforts such as:
contacting a Canada Manpower Centre;
placing or answering advertisements;
writing letters of application for jobs;
registering at a private employment office;
meeting with prospective employers; or
(2) would have actually looked for worked but for your own temporary illness or the belief that there was no work available.
(d) Fill the "Yes" circle if, at any time last week, you were on temporary lay-off (for not more than 30 days) from your job.
(e) Fill the "Yes" circle if, at any time last week, you were absent from your job because of:
(1) illness, vacation, labour dispute at your place of work, bad weather, fire, personal
reasons, etc.; or
(2) training courses or educational leave with or without pay provided your job is being
held for your return.
