SEX OF HEAD
1 = Male
2 = Female

MARITAL STATUS HEAD
1 = never married
2 = married
3 = separated/divorced
4 = widowed

MARITAL STATUS (STANDARDIZED)
1 = single no children
2 = lone parent
3 = couple no children
4 = couple with children
5 = other

COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF HEAD
0 = born outside ITALY
1 = North West PIEMONTE
2 = North West VAL D'AOSTA
3 = North West LOMBARDIA
4 = North East TRENTINO
5 = North East VENETO
6 = North East FRIULI
7 = North West LIGURIA
8 = North East EMILIA ROMAGNA
9 = Central TOSCANA
10 = Central UMBRIA
11 = Central MARCHE
12 = Central LAZIO
13 = South ABRUZZO
14 = South MOLISE
15 = South CAMPANIA
16 = South PUGLIA
17 = South BASILICATA
18 = South CALABRIA
19 = Islands SICILIA
20 = Islands SARDINIA

IMMIGRATION STATUS OF HEAD
1 = born outside Italy
2 = born in the south (incl. islands), lives in the north
3 = born in the south (incl. islands), lives in the centre
4 = born in the centre, lives in the north
5 = born in the centre, lives in the south (incl. islands)
6 = born in the north, lives in the centre
7 = born in the north, lives in the south (incl. islands)
8 = lives in the area of birth

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF HEAD
1 = none
2 = Elementary school
3 = Middle school
4 = High school
5 = Bachelor's Degree
6 = Post-graduate

MAIN ACTIVITY HEAD
1 = employee
2 = self-employed
3 = first job-seeker
4 = house wife
5 = rentier
6 = pensioner
7 = unemployed
8 = student
9 = other not employed

OCCUPATION OF HEAD
1 = HS professional studies
2 = HS technical school
3 = HS classical, scientific, language
4 = HS art school/institute
5 = HS teacher training
6 = HS other
7 = UNIV math,phys,chem,biol,sciences,pharmacy
8 = UNIV agricultural or veterinary sciences
9 = UNIV medicine & dentistry
10 = UNIV engineering
11 = UNIV architecture/city-planning
12 = UNIV economics or statistics
13 = UNIV political science, sociology
14 = UNIV law
15 = UNIV arts, philosophy, languages
16 = UNIV other

INDUSTRY OF HEAD
1 = agriculture
2 = manufacturing
3 = building and construction
4 = wholesale and retail trade, lodging and catering serv.
5 = transport and communications
6 = services of credit and insurance institutions
7 = real estate & renting serv., other prof. & buis. actvities
8 = domestic services and other private services
9 = general gov., defence, educ., health & oth. publ. serv.
10 = extra-territorial org. and entities
11 = not employed

ACTIVITY STATUS HEAD
1 = blue-collar worker or similar
2 = office worker or school teacher
3 = junior manager/cadre
4 = manager, senior official
5 = member of the arts or professions
6 = sole proprietor
7 = freelance
8 = owner or member of family buisness
9 = active shareholder/partner
10 = not employed

DISABILITY STATUS HEAD
0 = no
1 = yes, disabled

AGE OF MOTHER (HEAD)
-1 = not living

GEOGRAPHIC REGION A
1 = North West PIEMONTE
2 = North West VAL D'AOSTA
3 = North West LOMBARDIA
4 = North East TRENTINO
5 = North East VENETO
6 = North East FRIULI
7 = North West LIGURIA
8 = North East EMILIA ROMAGNA
9 = Central TOSCANA
10 = Central UMBRIA
11 = Central MARCHE
12 = Central LAZIO
13 = South ABRUZZO
14 = South MOLISE
15 = South CAMPANIA
16 = South PUGLIA
17 = South BASILICATA
18 = South CALABRIA
19 = Islands SICILIA
20 = Islands SARDINIA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION B
1 = North West
2 = North East
3 = Central
4 = South
5 = Islands

URBAN/RURAL INDICATOR
1 = up to 5000 inhabitants
2 = 5000 to 20 000 inhabitants
3 = 20 000 to 50 000 inhabitants
4 = 50 000 to 200 000 inhabitants
5 = 200 000 to 500 000 inhabitants
6 = more than 500 000 inhabitants

TENURE (OWNED/RENTED HOUSING)
1 = home owner
2 = tenant
3 = with right of redemption (as owned??)
4 = occupied in usufruct, use without charge

POSSESSION OF CREDIT CARDS
0 = no
1 = yes