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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2014

Palestine, 2014
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PAL_LFS_2014_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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  • Palestine14-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine14-LFS
    IND-V1

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

Data file: Palestine14-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 28109
Valid (weighted): 927187.781
Invalid: 72636
Invalid (weighted): 2358586.862
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 100
End: 102
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3008

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 3763 99935
10.8%
20 Mining and quarrying 135 5400
0.6%
30 Manufacturing 3231 110414
11.9%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 167 5594
0.6%
50 Construction 3946 140894
15.2%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 4849 166351
17.9%
70 Transportation and storage 1261 41744
4.5%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 637 21959
2.4%
90 Information and communication 230 8399
0.9%
100 Financial and insurance activities 247 9919
1.1%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 445 15543
1.7%
120 Public administration and defense 4174 135466
14.6%
130 Education 2853 94420
10.2%
140 Human health and social work activities 977 32069
3.5%
150 Other activities 1175 38484
4.2%
998 Unspecified 0 0
0%
999 Not stated 19 596
0.1%
Sysmiss 72636 2358587
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 for 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)

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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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