Literal question
For all women and men fourteen years of age or older.
[Questions 17-25 were asked of persons age 14 years +.]
17. During the past week, did you work, even if it was for just a few hours?
[] Yes [skip questions 18-20]
[] No
[] Unanswered [skip questions 18-24]
18. Did you do anything in the house that was for outside or help anyone in a business, small farm, or work?
[Question 18 was asked of persons age 14+ who did not formally work last week, per question 17.]
[] Yes [skip questions 19-20]
[] No
[] Unanswered [skip questions 19-24]
19. Were you off work because of illness, vacation, etc?
[Question 19 was asked of persons age 14+ who did not formally work last week, per question 17, and did not do any informal work last week, per question 18.]
[] Yes [skip question 20]
[] No
[] Unanswered [skip questions 20-24]
20. During the past four weeks, did you look for work?
[Question 20 was asked of persons age 14+ who did not do any work last week due to reasons other then sickness, vacation, etc., per questions 17-19.]
[] Yes [skip questions 21-24]
[] No [skip questions 21-24]
[] Unanswered [skip questions 21-24]
Interviewer instructions
The next questions (from 17 to 25) are asked to all women and men 14 years old or older
17 During the past week, did you work, even if it was for just a few hours?
"Work" includes those who worked even if it was for one hour last week to the census week, that is, between Sunday May 5 to Saturday, May 11. It refers to those who receive a payment in money or in kind for the work that they do. It includes soldiers in active service and conscripts. It does not include those who do a job, of community or voluntarily without payment in any nature.
[Instructions omitted which refer to a graphic of the census form including the following question:]
18. Did you do anything in the house that was for outside or help anyone in a business, small farm, or work?
This question is asked to those in spite of having answered that they "did not work" in the previous question, doing jobs such as regularly helping a family member in a store, kiosk, farm, making something in the house to sell, etc., receive or not remuneration for it.
[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including the following question:]
19. Were you off work because of illness, vacation, etc.?
The leave should be for sickness, vacation, bad weather, strike, suspension, etc.
[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including the following question:]
20. During the last four weeks, did you look for work?
"Looked for work" refers to responding to public advertisements in newspapers or other means, applying for jobs, registering in employment agencies, looking for financial resources or materials to establish a company, applying for permits and licenses to start a labor activity; asking in work places, small farms chacras, farms, factories, markets, and other meeting places, etc.
