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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2008

Palestine, 2008
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PAL_LFS_2008_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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  • Palestine08-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine08-LFS
    IND-V1

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

Data file: Palestine08-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 13821
Valid (weighted): 350816.068
Invalid: 10022
Invalid (weighted): 260759.112
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 165
End: 167
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2043

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1746 31502
9%
20 Mining and quarrying 46 689
0.2%
30 Manufacturing 1586 41481
11.8%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 85 2329
0.7%
50 Construction 1918 41118
11.7%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 2439 72446
20.7%
70 Transportation and storage 856 22157
6.3%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 266 7831
2.2%
90 Information and communication 60 2155
0.6%
100 Financial and insurance activities 100 3012
0.9%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 248 7605
2.2%
120 Public administration and defense 2361 63175
18%
130 Education 1141 29036
8.3%
140 Human health and social work activities 439 13176
3.8%
150 Other activities 509 12367
3.5%
998 Unspecified 0 0
0%
999 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
Standardized economic activity classification of the main job of the head.
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)

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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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