[KEY_AGEDOL]==15

COMMENT: the respondent was born in 1981

We would like to know whether you have ever owned a business. By business, we mean any activity operated with regularity for the purpose of generating income or profit. We are interested in all incorporated companies and partnerships in which you had any ownership share, as well as unincorporated businesses that you may have operated as a sole proprietor, independent contractor, consultant, or free-lancer. This even includes informal businesses such as cleaning services, gardening services, and the selling of goods out of your home, as long as they generated income and were operated on a regular basis. The only businesses we are not interested in are those operated on a highly sporadic basis, those carried out purely as a hobby, and those in which you were merely a shareholder or investor with no role in the operation of the company.

Since you were 18 years old, have you ever owned a business that would be of interest to us according to this description?

(INTERVIEWER: PLEASE SEE HELP SCREEN FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.)

Some people work in jobs that are also businesses that they own. Have you ever had a job that was also a business that you owned, for example, you were a sole proprietor, an independent contractor, a consultant, or a free-lancer?

([BUSOWN-ID1] ==0) && ([BUSOWN-ID2] ==0)

COMMENT: R denies ever owning a business

REPEAT

COMMENT: BEGIN LOOPS TO LIST EVERY BUSINESS R HAS OWNED

Please tell me the name of the [busown_first_next([busown-loop1])] that you owned. If you are not sure something was a business, go ahead and list it.

(INTERVIEWER: IF BUSINESS HAS A NAME, ENTER THAT NAME. OTHERWISE, ENTER SHORT DESCRIPTION OF JOB ACTIVITIES/OCCUPATION. THIS DESCRIPTION WILL BE USED AS THE NAME OF THIS JOB IN SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE: "FREELANCE WRITER", "CLEANING HOUSES", " CONSULTING DESIGNER", OR "LANDSCAPING AND YARD WORK".)

Have you previously reported this business as a job that you had?

In what year did you first become involved with [busown_name([busown-loop1])]?

[BUSOWN-ID4([busown-loop1])] >=1

COMMENT: R may have previously reported this job as a businesss

I have the list of all the jobs you've reported over the years. Let's see if we can find a job that's associated with this business.

SHOW EMPLOYER ROSTER

INTERVIEWER: IF JOB IS IDENTIFIED TO MATCH THIS BUSINESS SELECT NAME ON ROSTER AND CLICK ON <SUBMIT AND CONTINUE> TO PROCEED TO NEXT SCREEN. IF A MATCH IS NOT FOUND, SIMPLY CLICK ON <SUBMIT AND CONTINUE>.

How did you acquire ownership in [busown_name([busown-loop1])]? Did you establish the business either alone or with partners, receive ownership as a gift, purchase ownership, inherit ownership, acquire ownership through marriage, or was it something else?

What was your reason for establishing or acquiring this business?

Have you owned any other businesses?

UNTIL ([BUSOWN_MORE([BUSOWN-LOOP1])] < 1)

COMMENT: END EMPLOYER LOOP WHEN ALL EMPLOYERS ACCOUNTED FOR