Literal question
STEP 10: Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over.
30. Last week, how many hours did this person work (not including volunteer work, housework, maintenance or repairs for his/her own home)?
Include as work: working without pay in a family farm or business (e.g., assisting in seeding, doing accounts); working in his/her own business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership; working for wages, salary, tips or commission.
Number of hours (to the nearest hour) - go to Question 36 ____
Or
[] None - continue with the next question
Note: Questions 36 to 42 refer to this person's job or business last week. If this person held no job last week, answer for the job of longest duration since January 1, 1990. If this person held more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.
41. In this job, was this person mainly:
[] Working for wages, salary, tips or commission? Go to Question 43
[] Working without pay for his/her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business? Go to Question 43
[] Self-employed without paid help (alone or in partnership)? Continue with the next question
[] Self-employed with paid help (alone or in partnership)? Continue with the next question
Interviewer instructions
Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over, that is, for each person born before June 4, 1976.
Question 41: Class of worker
Mark the circle labelled working for wages, salary, tips or commission for persons who reported that in the job they worked: for wages and/or salary; for tips; on commission as a salesperson for only one company and did not maintain an office or staff; for payment in kind (room, board) in a non-family enterprise (for example, as a member of a religious order); for piece-rates; as a member of the Armed Forces; an hour or more for pay, in a job such as cleaning or baby-sitting (in another person's home); as a "paid" housekeeper or nanny.
Mark working without pay for his/her spouse or another relative in a family farm or business for persons who reported that they worked without money wages for a spouse or relative who is a member of this household at a task which contributed to the operation of the spouse's or relative's farm or business.
Do not include volunteer work, housework, or home maintenance or repairs.
Mark self-employed without paid help or self-employed with paid help for persons who reported that they: operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in partnership) even if no goods or services were sold or rendered; operated their own business, farm or professional practice (alone or in a partnership) whether it made a profit or suffered a loss; operated a farm, whether or not they owned or rented the land; worked on a free-lance or contract basis; provided meals and/or room or day care services in their own home for boarders, roomers or neighbours' children; operated a direct distributorship selling and delivering products such as cosmetics, newspapers, brushes or soap products; fished, trapped or hunted for profit or for the maintenance of family or community, with their own equipment or with equipment in which they had part ownership; were setting up a business, farm or professional practice.
