Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008
Palestine, 2008
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Reference ID
PAL_LFS_2008_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Palestine08-LFS
HH-V1 -
Palestine08-LFS
IND-V1
Occupation classification of the main job of the head [ISCO 1988-1 digit] (OCCHD_ISCO88_1)
Data file: Palestine08-LFS HH-V1
Overview
Valid:
13821
Valid (weighted):
350816.068
Invalid:
10022
Invalid (weighted):
260759.112
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
149
End:
152
Width:
4
Range:
0 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V2043
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Armed forces | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Legislators, senior officials and managers | 905 | 26391 |
7.5%
|
| 2 | Professionals | 1365 | 37852 |
10.8%
|
| 3 | Technicians and associate professionals | 1119 | 30407 |
8.7%
|
| 4 | Clerks | 262 | 8028 |
2.3%
|
| 5 | Service workers and shop and market sales workers | 2747 | 77258 |
22%
|
| 6 | Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | 1280 | 23496 |
6.7%
|
| 7 | Craft and related trades workers | 2326 | 58764 |
16.8%
|
| 8 | Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | 1455 | 35361 |
10.1%
|
| 9 | Elementary occupations | 2341 | 52523 |
15%
|
| 9998 | Unspecified code | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 9999 | Not stated | 21 | 736 |
0.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 10022 | 260759 |
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 main job of the head, following the 1-digit International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 1988 (ISCO-88).
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)
Others
Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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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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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.