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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2007

Palestine, 2007
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PAL_LFS_2007_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Dec 27, 2015
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  • Palestine07-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine07-LFS
    IND-V1

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

Data file: Palestine07-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 29426
Valid (weighted): 706405.374
Invalid: 83820
Invalid (weighted): 1917315.9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 96
End: 98
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2594

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 6096 120201
17%
20 Mining and quarrying 78 1634
0.2%
30 Manufacturing 3440 86111
12.2%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 97 2221
0.3%
50 Construction 3128 75634
10.7%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 4808 124803
17.7%
70 Transportation and storage 1366 34521
4.9%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 494 13559
1.9%
90 Information and communication 140 3867
0.5%
100 Financial and insurance activities 154 4314
0.6%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 428 11662
1.7%
120 Public administration and defense 4132 103795
14.7%
130 Education 2943 70267
9.9%
140 Human health and social work activities 946 24517
3.5%
150 Other activities 1156 28816
4.1%
998 Unspecified 0 0
0%
999 Not stated 20 484
0.1%
Sysmiss 83820 1917316
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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