Literal question
Labor Activity
For people 12 years or older:
[Questions 22-38 are asked of people aged 12 or older.]
27. During the past week, did (Name) work for at least an hour, not including domestic chores? (PerAL01)
[] 1 Yes (go to q. 32)
[] 2 No
Interviewer instructions
8.7 Labor Activity
This module is directed towards people 12 years of age or alder and has the objective of determining if, from point of view of the economic activity, the members of the household are employed, unemployed, or inactive. Additionally, it seeks to obtain information about the characteristics of the occupations (tasks, activity sector, etc.).
During the past week, did he/she work for at least an hour, not including domestic chores?
Work is any task that a person carries out and for which it is his/her primary responsibility, independently of whether or not receiving remuneration in money or in kind, or if he/she carries it out without remuneration in a family business.
The condition of "at least one hour during the work week previous to the interview" corresponds to the recommendations of the International Organization of Work (OIT) for the measuring of work statistics.
[p. 104]
Performing odd jobs must be considered as work since, according to the definition given, any task carried out for one or more hours for remuneration in money or in kind, is an occupation and therefore the corresponding sequence in the questionnaire should be completed.
When the informant says that he/she carried out different odd jobs, you should specify the last one performed or the one to which the most time was dedicated during the reference week.
Completing household chores is not considered work, as long as they are not carried out for a third person.
Service and/or volunteer work is not considered work.
For example:
Juan earns his living singing on the bus. The activity that he carries out is considered work.
Leticia is a university student and works as a volunteer for an NGO on the weekends. The activity that she carries out is not considered work.
Maria helps her husband looking after the family store without receiving remuneration. The activity carried out is considered work.
