Literal question
Economic Characteristics -- for all individuals ten years of age and older
[Questions 13-17 were asked of all persons 10 years and older.]
Only those people who responded 1, 2 or 3 in question number 13 should answer these questions.
[Questions 14-16 are asked only of persons who responded 1, 2 or 3 to question 13. The questions referred to the activity carried out between Monday and the Sunday before the day of the census.]
14. What is the occupation, position, or profession that provides the greatest part of your income? ____
Write, for example: tailor, sheep shearing, driller (tornero), agricultural laborer (peón de estancia), truck driver, butcher, taxi driver, construction laborer (peón de albañil), doctor, accounting assistant, cashier, director of sales, carpenter, etc.
Interviewer instructions
Economic Characteristics
1. In this section of the form, all persons should respond who are [10] years old and [more] (consult the census form).
[p.161]
2. The Census will take place on September 30.
You will ask each person who you are enumerating: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26.
The question refers to the week immediately [before] the "Census Day."
[p.162]
3. To complete the following box, consult the census form, question number 13.
The concept of "the majority of last week" refers to [4] normal work shifts, according to the occupation that the person practices, or if he/she worked more than [35] hours a week.
[p.163]
4. Observe that the question number 13 includes ten alternatives that are listed in a column. Once you have read question number 13, without waiting for an answer, begin reading each of the ten choices. If the person answers affirmatively to the choices 1, 2, or 3, you should mark the corresponding box and then continue with the question 14.
Miss Garcia answers "Yes" to choice 2 (Didn't work, but had employment?). You mark [x]2 and move immediately to question number [14].
[p.164]
5. When you enumerate Mr. Pereira you ask: What did you do during the majority of the week from September 21 to 26? Immediately, without waiting for an answer, begin to read the ten possible options. When you read the first (worked?), Mr. Pereira answers, "yes." You mark this answer [x]1, and immediately move on to question number [14].
[p.165]
6. If a person answering the census answers "Yes" to the alternative [1], [2] or [3], you move on to question 14, then mark the respective box.
But if person answering the census answers "Yes" to any of the alternative 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, you move directly to question number 17.
8. Now let's consider questions number 14, 15, and 16.
These questions will be asked exclusively in the cases in which you marked one of the boxes [1], [2], or [3] in the question number 13.
Mr. Pereira fixes radios in his house and in addition works in a store that sells electrical goods. Mr. Pereira says that he "earns more" as a vendor.
What answer will you mark for the question number 14"
[vendor of electrical goods].
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9. The name of the occupation, job, or profession that the person answering the census gives as an answer to the question number 14, should always be the one that provides him/her with the [greatest income].
This name should provide a precise idea of the occupation, job, or profession that the person carries out.
[p.169]
10. If a person says: "I work in a family home, where I only take care of the children."
In the question number 14, of the following occupations, which would you mark? [nanny]
[p.170]
11. The oldest of the Misses Garcia works as a supervisor in the Purchasing Office for the National Sanitation Works.
In this case, you would write:
[Supervisor of the Purchasing Office]
