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. 19. Monthly income in pesos
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The wage of a person during last month (September) is asked.
What a person receives as income includes:
1) Income by concept of salaried work received during the month.
Wages and salaries, premiums, vacations, bonuses, incentives, extra hours, subsidies, gratuities, traveling expenses, payments, etc.
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Deductions that are taken out because of taxes (retention in the source), Social Security or Prevision Fund, union dues, employee or cooperative funds are included.
2) Income from independent work:
That which is obtained by private jobs, professional fees or earnings by the sale of domestic products. Of these incomes the expenses that cause these activities should be deducted.
3) Income by capital:
Interests received by money loaned, utility profits of owned businesses, dividends, etc.
4) Income by leases:
Of buildings, lands, equipment or machines.
5) Income by other manners, like:
Retirement payments, pensions, raffles, etc.
Do not include as income of the person:
1) What is received in kind (food, cloths, dwelling, products, etc.).
2) Do not consider as income the amounts of money that a person receives by way of gifts, donations, presents, without having given any work or service in exchange. The sum of money received from a family member for expenses of food, clothing dwelling, education, transportation, etc. and that does not correspond to salary should not be considered income.
3) Moneys that persons receive for their care or administration which they cannot have also should not be considered income.
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After asking the question, write down in the corresponding space the number that the interviewed person gives to you.
Always write down the response in pesos. If they give you a responses with "centavos", discard the fraction and write down whole numbers.
For persons who do not have income mark an "x" in the box "does not have income".
When a person does not know the information, explain to them that the census information has a confidential character. If they persist in not answering mark an "x" in the box "no answer".
