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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2012

Palestine, 2012
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PAL_LFS_2012_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Reason for few weekly working hours is official working hours < threshold (FHRSWK_R_01)

Data file: Palestine12-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 10110
Valid (weighted): 281435.584
Invalid: 100396
Invalid (weighted): 2811200.666
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 138
End: 138
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2829

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 No 7795 218071
77.5%
1 Yes 2315 63365
22.5%
Sysmiss 100396 2811201
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 set of variables should provide the reason(s) for which an individual reported weekly working hours below a country specific threshold.
Universe
Employed individuals aged 10+ and working weekly less than 35 hours
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 threshold used in such a variable may vary from one dataset to another. The variable's universe will denote the threshold used in each country. Some of the reasons reported are called "involuntary reasons." They can be used with the criterion of usually working for hours below a certain threshold to define the "visible underemployment."


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the reason for which an employee is working less than 35 hours weekly (pw07) is not reported for those who are employed but temporary absent from their work (MAS_D=110), or temporary unpaid (MAS_D=132). Thus, the main reason for the "zero" number of working hours reported for those cases will be "temporary absent from work".
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