Question

State three characteristics of the quaternary activities.

Answer 1

The three characteristics of quaternary activities are:

1. This is a specialized and complex category of activities that are mainly concerned with knowledge such as education, information, and development.
2. Quaternary activities basically refer to the more intellectual occupations, whose task is to think, research and development.
3. In most of the advanced countries, the quaternary activities engage a small but growing proportion of the population.