Interviewer instructions
1.2.2 QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE AGED 6 AND OLDER
This is the second group of questions related to the characteristics of the household members. It relates only to persons aged 6 and older. Put a dash or a hyphen (-) for persons of less than 6 years in questions 14 to 25.
[Questions] 18 - 22. Economic Activity:
Questions 18 to 22 have to do with the economic activity of the people enumerated, i.e, their occupation. To fill in their forms pay careful attention to the following directions:
a. Only ask these question of household members who are 6 years and older. Put a dash or a hyphen (-) for those less than 6 years old.
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b. To obtain information on economic activity use the month (30 days) prior to the census interview as the point of reference.
However, for people who work in the agricultural sector (farming, breeding animals, fishing and forestry) this reference period is brought to [illegible] 12 months, taking into account the seasonal nature of employment in this sector. Rural work is carried out during a fixed period which does not correspond to the date of the census.
19. Profession
Profession is related to the trade learned by the person, regardless of his/her work.
Ask all persons aged 6 or older the following question in order to obtain information related to profession: "What trade/profession did you learn?"
a. For the employed working population and the unemployed write the trade/profession learned (farmer, mason, blacksmith, tailor, teacher in 1st cycle). Avoid any confusion with regard to a profession like doctor, professor, director, etc., and always specify "doctor in medicine," "teacher in 2nd cycle," etc. Put SQ (no training) for those individuals who did not learn a trade/profession.
b. For the non-working population who learned a trade or profession, write this down and put the reason for their non-working status in the remarks column.
For the non-working population who did not learn a trade or profession, write clearly the type of non-working activity (housewife, high school or university student, retired or with a private income, etc.)
NB: put a dash or a hyphen for those aged less than 6 years.
