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Labour Force Survey, 2020
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2020
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ITA_2020_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), IPUMS
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Reason could not start job within 2 weeks (IT2020H_F34)

Data file: ITA2020_LFS-Q1-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 575
End: 576
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Individual Questionnaire</span>
<br /><span class="lang">The information must refer to the family member indicated with the same number as that of the variable SG9 in the General Form</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Section F</span>
<br /><span class="em">Job Search<br />For individuals aged 15 and over </span></p>

<p><span class="h3">For employed and unemployed individuals</span></p>

<p>F34. Why couldn't you have started work?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Studies or takes professional development courses<br />[] 2 Other personal reasons<br />[] 3 Maternity, birth of a child<br />[] 4 Other family reasons (excluding maternity, care for children or other persons)<br />[] 5 Disease, personal health problems<br />[] 6 Advance notice required<br />[] 7 Must or wants to finish the work already started<br />[] 9 Childcare and/or care for other non-self-sufficient persons<br />[] 996 Other reasons<br />[] 997 Doesn't know<br />[] 998 No answer</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Studies or takes professional development courses
02 Other personal reasons
03 Maternity, birth of a child
04 Other family reasons (excluding maternity, care for children and/or other persons)
05 Disease, personal health problems
06 Advance notice required
07 Must or wants to finish the work already started
08 Attend internship
09 Childcare and/or care for other non-self-sufficient persons
96 Other reasons
97 Do not know
98 No response
99 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 reason for which the person could not have started a job within the past 2 weeks.
Universe
Italy 2020: Persons looking for work who could not start within two weeks

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