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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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Jan 23, 2017
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  • Palestine12-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine12-LFS
    IND-V1

Economic activity classification of the main job of the head [Standardized version] (INDHD)

Data file: Palestine12-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 16964
Valid (weighted): 461963.785
Invalid: 9934
Invalid (weighted): 273968.66
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 165
End: 167
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2734

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1702 37504
8.1%
20 Mining and quarrying 38 998
0.2%
30 Manufacturing 1746 50978
11%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 141 3893
0.8%
50 Construction 2804 77048
16.7%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 2796 81280
17.6%
70 Transportation and storage 1151 33413
7.2%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 321 8866
1.9%
90 Information and communication 124 3780
0.8%
100 Financial and insurance activities 134 4457
1%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 264 8094
1.8%
120 Public administration and defense 3179 82703
17.9%
130 Education 1380 36020
7.8%
140 Human health and social work activities 572 16576
3.6%
150 Other activities 607 16256
3.5%
998 Unspecified 0 0
0%
999 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
Standardized economic activity classification of the main job of the head.
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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In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
The category "Wholesale and retail trade" includes the repair activities of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
The category "Real estate, administrative, professional and support service activities" includes: Real estate, renting and business activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; in addition to administrative and support service activities.

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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