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15th General Population and Housing Census
IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2011
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ITA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Employment status last week (IT2011A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: ITA2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 218
End: 218
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">6. Vocational or non-vocational status</span></p>

<p>[These questions are asked of individuals aged 15 years and over]</p>

<p>6.1 During the week preceding the date of the census, October 2nd -- October 8th, did you work for at least one hour?</p>
<div class="i1">It is considered work if you were paid or will be paid, or if it was unpaid, but regular work with the business of a household member<br /><br />[] 1 Yes [skip to question 6.6]<br />[] 2 No</div><p>6.2 During the week of October 2nd - October 8th, did you have a job from which you were absent?</p>
<div class="i1">For example, due to illness, vacation, temporary layoff fund (<span class="lang">Cassa Integrazione Guadagni</span>), reductions in business activity, etc.<br /><br />[] 1 Yes [skip to question 6.6]<br />[] 2 No</div><p>6.3 During the period from September 11th - October 08th, were you actively seeking employment or did you set up the means to start your own business?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No [skip to question 6.13]</div><p>6.4 If you had the chance, would you be willing to start working within the next two weeks?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No [go to question 6.13]</div><p>6.5 Have you ever had a paying job or worked as a family worker?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes [go to question 6.6]<br />[] 2 No [skip to question 7.1]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employed
2 Unemployed
3 Looking for first job
4 Rentier or pensioner
5 Student
6 Housewife
7 Other condition
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status during the week before the census (9 October 2011).
Universe
Italy 2011: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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