Home / Central Data Catalog / IPUMS / ITA_2012_LFS-Q1_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
ipums

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

Italy, 2012
Get Microdata
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
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Aug 01, 2025
Last modified
Aug 01, 2025
Page views
4488

Reason could not start job within 2 weeks (IT2012H_F34)

Data file: ITA2012_LFS-Q1-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 524
End: 525
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
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 2012: Persons looking for work who could not start within two weeks

concept

Concept
Back to Catalog

This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser. To learn more about cookies, click here.