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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2012

Palestine, 2012
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PAL_LFS_2012_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Occupation classification of the main job of the head [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCHD_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine12-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 16964
Valid (weighted): 461963.785
Invalid: 9934
Invalid (weighted): 273968.66
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 149
End: 152
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2734

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 202 4923
1.1%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 630 15696
3.4%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 498 12307
2.7%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 202 5513
1.2%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 174 4961
1.1%
13 Production and specialized services managers 748 20498
4.4%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 89 2624
0.6%
21 Science and engineering professionals 177 5499
1.2%
22 Health professionals 317 9568
2.1%
23 Teaching professionals 995 25802
5.6%
24 Business and administration professionals 228 6881
1.5%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 12 301
0.1%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 197 5180
1.1%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 158 4426
1%
32 Health associate professionals 90 2313
0.5%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 302 8800
1.9%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 84 2481
0.5%
35 Information and communications technicians 6 207
0%
41 General and keyboard clerks 190 5161
1.1%
42 Customer services clerks 80 2163
0.5%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 42 1210
0.3%
44 Other clerical support workers 16 418
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 330 9081
2%
52 Sales workers 2027 58768
12.7%
53 Personal care workers 15 383
0.1%
54 Protective services workers 769 20596
4.5%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 815 19086
4.1%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 23 635
0.1%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 55 1223
0.3%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 1547 43799
9.5%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 581 16600
3.6%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 53 1749
0.4%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 267 7005
1.5%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 525 15837
3.4%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 334 9465
2%
82 Assemblers 14 270
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1409 39815
8.6%
91 Cleaners and helpers 327 9057
2%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 691 14345
3.1%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 1188 31821
6.9%
94 Food preparation assistants 98 2569
0.6%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 82 2484
0.5%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 372 10347
2.2%
9998 Unspecified code 0 0
0%
9999 Not stated 5 99
0%
Sysmiss 9934 273969
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
Occupation classification of the main job of the head, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Employed Heads aged 10+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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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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