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SECTION 7 INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / FAMILY BUSINESSES OUTSIDE THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Household Surveys FOR EACH INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY OR FAMILY BUSINESS, THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON ANSWERS Household Surveys - Section 72 Applicable to all independent activities outside the agricultural sector

OBJECTIVES In this section you must register all the different non-agricultural independent activities performed by the members of the household. These include artisanal jobs, local manufacturing, small businesses, diverse services, etc. In other words, any independent job, excluding jobs in the agricultural sector. PERSONS TO BE SURVEYED The most knowledgeable person with regard to each of the independent activities performed by the members of the household must answer in this section. Household Surveys - Section 73 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

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5 Each line represents a unique independent activity; the line identification is “A,” “B” or “C.” Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

6 Look at the list of jobs in section 2, specifically question 2.02, and verify that if there is one or more persons who signaled having a non-agricultural independent job, in other words, a code 2 answer to the question mentioned. Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

7 Is there at least one worker in the household who works on their own? Yes, the person with ID Code “01” works with his taxi. Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

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11 Transporting passengers 7 In our taxi driver example: Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

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14 In our taxi driver example, let's suppose that they don’t have any hired workers. In this case the expenses on these three items is zero: 000 Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

15 Lets suppose that our taxi driver spends: approximately 300 {$} a month in gasoline 50 {$} a month on the cell phone he/she uses to contact passengers 150 {$} a month on rent for the place where he keeps the taxi at night 1000 {$} a year in vehicle maintenance 4,2001,0001,800 Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

16 And he/she doesn’t have any other expenses 00 Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

17 All we are missing is the total 7,000 Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

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19 In this job, the taxi driver only gets revenue from the payments made by the passengers. Let's suppose that he/she gets approximately 100 {$} per day, and works 6 days a week (and doesn’t take vacations) = 100 * 6 * 52 = 31,200 {$} 031,2000 Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

20 All that’s left is to calculate the earnings: (B) – (A) = 31, ,000 = 24,800 24,800 Household Surveys - Section 7 SECTION 7: INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES / NON-AGRICULTURE FAMILY BUSINESSES

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