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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 previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCPRV_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine12-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 6955
Valid (weighted): 193901.018
Invalid: 103551
Invalid (weighted): 2898735.232
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 196
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2829

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 6 173
0.1%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 5 146
0.1%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 12 325
0.2%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 9 259
0.1%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 15 562
0.3%
13 Production and specialized services managers 79 2201
1.1%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 10 317
0.2%
21 Science and engineering professionals 50 1818
0.9%
22 Health professionals 45 1472
0.8%
23 Teaching professionals 305 9020
4.7%
24 Business and administration professionals 60 1949
1%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 6 223
0.1%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 52 1514
0.8%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 48 1500
0.8%
32 Health associate professionals 13 464
0.2%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 69 2034
1%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 41 1341
0.7%
35 Information and communications technicians 8 251
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 76 2513
1.3%
42 Customer services clerks 30 841
0.4%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 4 122
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 2 54
0%
51 Personal service workers 170 4650
2.4%
52 Sales workers 547 16551
8.5%
53 Personal care workers 25 735
0.4%
54 Protective services workers 42 1083
0.6%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 264 6052
3.1%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 21 647
0.3%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 716 17261
8.9%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 730 21341
11%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 121 3947
2%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 35 997
0.5%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 100 3061
1.6%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 228 7109
3.7%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 156 4102
2.1%
82 Assemblers 14 283
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 302 9061
4.7%
91 Cleaners and helpers 200 4860
2.5%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 690 16346
8.4%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 1399 39831
20.5%
94 Food preparation assistants 70 2008
1%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 24 757
0.4%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 155 4092
2.1%
9998 Unspecified code 1 28
0%
9999 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 103551 2898735
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 previous/last held job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Ever-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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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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