Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008

Palestine, 2008

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PAL_LFS_2008_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Dec 27, 2015

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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Palestine08-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 99247

Valid (weighted): 2520118.97

Invalid: 8114

Invalid (weighted): 196570.053

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 58

End: 59

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2134

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Never married	47534	1178832	46.8%
2	Married monogamous	47375	1241253	49.3%
3	Married polygamous	191	4415	0.2%
4	Divorced/Separated	1602	40173	1.6%
5	Widowed	2545	55445	2.2%
99	Not stated	0	0	0%
Sysmiss		8114	196570

Description

Definition

Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).

Universe

Individuals aged 12+

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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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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In the raw data, an aggregated "other" category is provided to indicate the divorced, separated or widowed. To split the original category, those younger than 60 years of age were assumed to be divorced/separated, while those aged 60 years or older were assumed to be widowed.

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