Concept selected: Main employment

Definition

If a person simultaneously maintains more than one employment relationship during the reference week, only one of them will be considered the main employment, as the other such relationship(s) shall be considered secondary employment. The interviewee shall select the main employment according to her or his judgement. In case of doubt, the person shall opt for that on which s/he regularly spends the most working hours, or which provides her/him the greatest income or benefit.

Notes

It is considered that a person has more than one job (employment) if s/he simultaneously maintains more than one employment relationship during the reference week. Therefore, changing employment during the reference week does not imply having two jobs, un

Source

National Statistics Institute surveys

Topic
Statistical operations (links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)
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