Literal question
Only for persons 10 years old and more
[Questions 20- 35 were asked of persons age 10 and older.]
[Questions 23-34 were asked of persons age 10+ who currently carry out activity for which they received or will receive payments, per question 22.]
29. In this work, you are (or were):
[] Employee or worker
[] Full time
[] On contract
[] Occasional
[] Self-employed worker (who does not have employees or workers)
[] Employer or owner
[] Member of a cooperative
[] Unpaid family helper
[] Domestic service
Interviewer instructions
6.10 Employment status
The economically active person's labor condition within the economic unit, company, or establishment.
The following groups are considered in this category:
-- Permanent employee or laborer: One who works permanently for a private or public business, organization, or company, enjoying the benefits of the Labor Law and who receives income weekly, in the case of laborers, or monthly, in the case of employees (bi-weekly pay is considered to be an advance of the monthly salary).
-- Contract employee or laborer: One who works for a private or public business, organization, or company who has a contract with explicit or implicit terms for which a monthly or weekly wage is received (bi-weekly pay is considered to be an advance of the monthly salary).
-- Occasional employee or laborer: One who works for a private or public business, organization, or company who has a short-term contract and who receives a temporary wage.
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-- Own-account worker (does not have employees or laborers): One who does not depend on an employer and who does not have employees or laborers in his/her charge. This person directly offers and charges for services without using intermediaries.
-- Employer: One who directs his/her own company, irrespective of size, and who employs at least one remunerated employee or laborer.
-- Member of a cooperative: One who works in a voluntary association of individuals united by a common interest based on solidarity, equality, and justice in which each individual has one vote, irrespective of the amount of capital provided to the association. This refers to the member and or worker in a cooperative that produces goods and services. Cooperatives are classified, paying attention to the service provided to the associates, as cooperatives that obtain goods and services, cooperatives that produce goods and services, and mixed [cooperatives].
-- Unpaid family worker: One who works or worked, for at least 15 hours during the week prior to enumeration, in the company or business of a family member without receiving monetary or in-kind remuneration. The maintenance that the person might receive is not considered to be income.
-- Domestic employee: One who works in the home of a family, carrying out domestic duties for which remuneration is received. This person should sleep in the dwelling in which the work is carried out. Included in this category are: gardeners, chauffeurs, cooks, nannies, etc. Domestic employees who do not sleep in the dwelling of the employer are considered to be "own-account workers".
