Interviewer instructions
[For persons of all ages]
[Questions 1 to 12a]
Question No. 4: Do you currently receive social security benefits as a??
The purpose of this question is to detect people who are insured, because they currently pay contributions or have already paid their contributions to the Social Security Fund, as well as those found as "beneficiaries" of the insured.
To ask this question you should read slowly every option, wait for the respondent's answer and verify that the Social Security card has not expired (it is up to date).
Direct insured: An employee who is currently paying social security fees through the amounts the employer deducts from her paycheck. Include here unemployed persons at the time of the census whose social security card or checkbook has not expired.
Note: If a person is unemployed, but the social security card is up to date, you should check the option of insured and write this down in the space provided for observations.
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Beneficiary: Each of the dependents of the insured person who do not make social security contributions, but who, by law, are entitled to receive all medical benefits. Example: The children under 18, children from 18 to 25 years of age while they are students, the parents (after turning 60 years old), the mother and wife or spouse . Include also those women who receive social security benefits as a survivor, after their spouse died.
Retired: People having completed the payment of their social insurance fees and have the established age [for retirement].
Pensioner: A person who has stopped working, certified by a physician and authorized by the Social Security because her health does not allow her to work.
Retired or pensioner after working in another country: this line shall include persons who are retired or were pensioned off in another country. Example: people who retired or were pensioned off in the former Canal Zone and military bases.
If the person answers "No", mark the corresponding circle and go to question 5.
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Example: Ernesto works at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, where he is deducted fees for social insurance.
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