Interviewer instructions
Months worked in 1969
Column 15
The questions for column 15 should be asked of all people 12 years old or older, even if they did not work the previous week. Remember that these questions refer to the year 1969.
Do not forget that those people who, during part or all of the year, helped a member of their family in an economic activity without receiving pay are also considered to have worked, as well as women who cared for a small business or carried out a regular economic activity.
A person who worked in 1969 should be asked: "How many months did you work during the year?" Consider all the months of 1969 in which the person carried out a job or jobs, whatever those jobs may have been.
The answer can never be more than 12 months.
Definition of job or principal employment
Columns 16, 17, and 18
Be very careful, since these three columns refer to the job or principal employment of the people who worked all or part of the year 1969, and involve "that job or employment from which they derived the greatest part or all of their income during the time that they worked in the year 1969."
In case of a difficulty in applying the previous criterion, write down the characteristics of the job or employment that the interviewee considers as principal.
The position in the job, the class of activity and the principal occupation should always refer to that job or employment that is considered principal in the year 1969.
