Literal question
C. Economic characteristics (For persons 10 years old or more)
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]
17. What position or category did you have at work?
-Read all the choices in order until you get an affirmative response.
[] 1 Laborer or journeyman
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Employer/Boss
[] 4 Independent worker
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 61 Domestic worker
[] 7 Other
Interviewer instructions
Section C. Economic characteristics
This section should be filled out only for persons 10 years old or older.
[Applies to questions 14 - 19]
Question No. 17. Occupational position
[Below the text is a form.]
Fill out this form for persons 10 years old or older who belong in alternatives 1, 2 or 3 of question 14.
This question refers to the work position that a worker had in carrying out their principal occupation
Mark with "x" only one of the boxes in accordance with the following definitions:
1 Worker or day laborer: is a worker who is occupied directly in the production of goods or services under the dependence of an employer (or their representative) from whom they receive a salary in money or in kind.
2 Employee: A person who carries out functions in the direction, administration, organization, planning or vigilance of a company and receives remuneration in the form of a salary, wage, commissions, etc.
3 Employer: A person who works and has under their dependence one or more salaried persons, for carrying out an economic activity, in a company of which they are owner.
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Those not considered employers:
Heads of household who have domestic employees in their private dwelling.
Persons who manage a family company in which no- remunerated family members work exclusively.
Persons who have directive positions in the companies (managers, bosses of personnel, etc.) if they are not owners of the company where they work.
4 Independent worker: is a person who works in their own company or who runs a profession or craft for their own account, with help or not from non-remunerated family workers, but without using any salaried worker (office worker or manual laborer).
Persons who work with associates, in equal conditions, without relations of dependence with an employer are also considered independent workers.
5 Family worker without remuneration: is a person who helped at a job in a family agricultural or livestock exploitation or business, without obtaining a salary, for 15 hours or more a week.
A person who works in a family company and receives any amount of money that could be considered salary should be classified as "office worker" or "manual laborer".
6 Domestic Employee is a person who works on their own activities in the service of the household, in a private house and receives for their work a salary in money or in kind. They are understood to be servants, private chauffeurs, gardeners, superintendents of houses, nannies, housekeeper, etc.
Persons dedicated to the care of a private household, without receiving remuneration should not be classified in this or any other alternative of this question.
7 Others. This box will be marked with "x" for persons who have an occupational position different than those previously defined. For example, members of religious cults.
