Labour Force Survey, 2012
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2012

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Reference ID

ITA_2012_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

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Aug 01, 2025

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Month started work (IT2012H_C57)

Data file: ITA2012_LFS-Q1-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 351

End: 352

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

C55alpha. In what year did you start working for your current employer?
<br />[If C1=1 or (C1=7,8 and C1A=1), i.e. for employees]</p>
<div class="i1">Year _ _ _ _ [if he/she started less than 3 years ago, go to C57; otherwise go to C57A]<br />997 Doesn't know</div><p>C55beta. In what year did you start this job?
<br />[If C1=2,3,4,5,6 or (C1=7,8 and C1A=2,3), i.e. for self-employed workers]</p>
<div class="i1">Year _ _ _ _ [if he/she started less than 3 years ago, go to C57; otherwise go to C57A]<br />997 Doesn't know</div><p>C56. Do you remember the age at which you started?</p>
<div class="i1">Age ____ [if he/she started less than 3 years ago, go to C57; otherwise go to C57A]</div><p>C57. Do you remember the month?</p>
<div class="i1">Month _ _<br />997 Doesn't know</div>

Value	Category
01	January
02	February
03	March
04	April
05	May
06	June
07	July
08	August
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
98	Do not know
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the month during which the person started work.

Universe

Italy 2012: Undetermined; within past 3 years

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Labour Force Survey, 2012 LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset