Literal question
[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]
[Work]
[Questions 14-23]
[Questions 17-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14]
[Questions 18-23 were asked of persons age 15+ who did not serve in professional army last week, per question 14, but worked in Israel during the previous 12 months, per question 17]
20. What was your main occupation at your place of work?
A. Describe your work: ____
Do not give a general description such as: laborer, clerk, doctor.
Write: laborer in cosmetics production, personnel clerk, eye doctor, bus driver.
B. Title (if any) of position: ____
Examples: chief engineer, director of finance division, shift foreman, deputy manager.
Interviewer instructions
24. Question 20 -- explanations: Worker's main occupation
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 20.]
A. Main occupation
In this question, describe the worker's occupation and specify its title -- if any.
Notice!
While the previous question referred to the main activity of the workplace, this question refers to the worker's occupation.
If a person has several occupations in the same workplace -- refer in the question to the occupation he/she dedicates most of his/her time to.
For instance: In case of a woman working as a typist and an operator and dedicates most of her time to typing, write "typist".
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Write a detailed description of the occupation. In any case, do not write a general definition, such as: laborer, clerk, and technician. Inquire what kind of laborer/clerk/technician and specify in detail.
For example:
Write "Repair of radio and TV sets" rather than "Radio technician".
Write "Planning and supervision of tax clerks" rather than "Unit director".
Write "Math teacher for 11th grade" rather than "Teacher".
B. Job title -- if any
Clause B of the question is intended for salaried employees only
The intention is to the official/accepted title of the job or the name of the occupation in the plant where working.
If there is no title for the job, do not fill clause B
Notice!
In this question the intent is not to a person's occupation, once he/she does work in his profession any more. For instance: an electronics engineer working as a sales manager of electrical appliances will not write "electronics engineer" in his/her answer. Similarly, a lawyer working as a tax clerk will not write "lawyer" in his/her answer.
