Literal question
For all people age 12 or older
[Questions 16-28 were asked of persons age 12 or older]
28. Of the following, what is (was) your category in the occupation you indicated?
[] 1 Employer, with workers or employees in their charge
[] 2 Public worker or employee
[] 3 Private worker or employee
[] 4 Worker for their own account
[] 5 Non-remunerated family worker
[] 6 Member of production cooperative
[] 7 Other
Interviewer instructions
Persons age 12 or older
Question 28. Of the following, what is (was) your category in the occupation you indicated?
[p. 29]
Read the following options. When you receive an affirmative answer, fill in the corresponding box. If an enumerated person has any doubt, remember that:
Boss, with workers or employees at their charge. It is the person who exploits their own economic company and who has one or more workers by salary or weekly paycheck.
Worker or employee. It is the person who works for a boss or employer -- public or private -- and who receives remuneration in the form of paycheck, salary, weekly paycheck, commissions, per item payments, either in the form of money or specie.
All people who work in central administration, decentralized services, state companies, that is to say, those cases in which the employer is the state, are considered "Public sector". If the employer is not the state, they will be considered "Private sector".
Worker on their own account: It is a person who works independently without hiring remunerated personnel, exploits their own business and manages their own profession or office for their own account. They can work alone or associated; they can have family help who they hire without payment in money. Examples: independent professionals and technicians, owner of a store without employees, street peddler, etc.
Non remunerated family worker: It is a person who does not receive a paycheck or salary for the job they do in the company or business of a family member.
Member of a production cooperative: It is a person who is an active member of an economic business that functions under cooperative rules (it is socio cooperative).
Other: If a person does a job whose category is not in the Census questionnaire.
Once this question is concluded, observe what you wrote down in relation to the sex and age of the enumerated person. If this person is a woman age 15 or older, go to Question 29 of the following part.
If on the contrary, [if] an enumerated person is a man or a woman younger than 15, finish the enumeration of this person and go to the next one, if necessary.
