Labor Force Survey, LFS 2005

Palestine, 2005

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Reference ID

PAL_LFS_2005_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Mar 06, 2016

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Geographical workplace of the main job (GWRKPLC)

Data file: Palestine05-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 28108

Valid (weighted): 610330.6

Invalid: 90044

Invalid (weighted): 1832640.65

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 102

End: 107

Width: 6

Range: 275001 - 999999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2734

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
275001	West bank	17803	378322	62%
275002	Gaza strip	7748	174940	28.7%
275003	Israel, camps or industrial borders	2513	56106	9.2%
777777	Working abroad	22	462	0.1%
888888	Mobile workers	0	0	0%
999999	Not stated	22	501	0.1%
Sysmiss		90044	1832641

Description

Definition

This variable provides information about the geographical place of work (e.g. district/ governorate/ region) of 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)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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The geographical workplace is generated using the highest level of aggregation provided in the original data, and broke down by urban/rural if possible.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The variable pw18, as provided in the raw data, identifies those who are working in the west bank, Gaza strip, Israel or abroad.
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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