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Labour Force Survey, 2019
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2019
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Reference ID
ITA_2019_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Months since took action to look for job, unemployed (IT2019H_F9)

Data file: ITA2019_LFS-Q1-P-H

Overview

Type: Continuous
Start: 511
End: 513
Width: 3
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 unemployed individuals</span></p>

<p>[If SG21 is greater than 74, i.e. the age is greater than 74 years, do not ask the question and go to section H. If SG21 is less than 75 and ((B1=3 and E1=1,2) or E1=3), i.e. is permanently disabled and has not had previous job experience or E1=3, set F7=2, F10=11, F12=2, F15=2, G1=2, G7=3, G9=3 and move on to section H]</p>

<p>F9. How many months have passed since the last action you took to find a job?</p>
<div class="i1">Months ____ <br />000 Less than one month<br />995 Haven't started looking for work yet<br />997 Doesn't know</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of months since the person took action to look for a job, if they are unemployed.
Universe
Italy 2019: Nonemployed persons who did not act to find work in last month

concept

Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 3-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places
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