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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2010

Palestine, 2010
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PAL_LFS_2010_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Geographical workplace of the main job (GWRKPLC)

Data file: Palestine10-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 29933
Valid (weighted): 757575.374
Invalid: 86506
Invalid (weighted): 2145065.762
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 110
End: 115
Width: 6
Range: 275001 - 999999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2471

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
275001 West bank 19925 484270
63.9%
275002 Gaza strip 6847 193550
25.5%
275003 Israel, camps or industrial borders 3112 78360
10.3%
777777 Working abroad 39 1132
0.1%
888888 Mobile workers 0 0
0%
999999 Not stated 10 264
0%
Sysmiss 86506 2145066
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 provides information about the geographical place of work (e.g. district/ governorate/ region) of the main job.
Universe
Employed individuals aged 10+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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The geographical workplace is generated using the highest level of aggregation provided in the original data, and broke down by urban/rural if possible.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The variable pw18, as provided in the raw data, identifies those who are working in the west bank, Gaza strip, Israel or abroad.
For those employed but temporary unpaid because of waiting for the start date of an agreed work (MAS_D=132), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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