Literal question
For all individuals 8 years of age and older
[Applies to questions 13-18.]
For those who answered 0, 1 or 2 in question 13 and 1 in question 14:
[Applies to questions 15-18.]
17. What does the place, establishment or business where you perform the occupation indicated above principally do or produce? For example: Primary education, textile production, street vending, livestock production, etc.
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Interviewer instructions
Question 17. What is the main activity or main product of the business or establishment where you worked at the above activity?
Write the main product or the main activity of the industry, business, ranch, plot of land, institution, public office, etc. where he/she worked at the occupation listed in question 15.
If the business has more than one activity, write the main activity where the person worked.
If a person has the occupation "make cheese" and the place where he/she works is a cattle ranch where cheese is produced, the activity of the person that you should register is Cheese Factory.
For persons who provide services as laundresses or household employees, write Private Home.
For persons who work in public entities, you should write the activity that the person does and not the name of the institution; remember that one institution can cover many activities; write the activity where the person worked.
For the person who works on the street moving from place to place, for activity write Sale of ____ traveling.
Avoid general and imprecise data that do not clearly indicate the type of activity of the business where the person works.
Answers:
Incomplete: Factory
Complete: Cheese factory, Clothing factory, Textile factory
Incomplete: Workshop
Complete: Automobile repair shop, Tailor workshop, Dental mechanic workshop
What is the main activity or main product of the business or establishment where you worked at the above activity? For example: elementary education, industrial textile production, traveling sales, cattle, etc.
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