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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2002

Palestine, 2002
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PAL_LFS_2002_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Mar 13, 2016
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  • Palestine02-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine02-LFS
    IND-V1

Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (NOTSRCH_R)

Data file: Palestine02-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 70697
Valid (weighted): 1570478.101
Invalid: 27228
Invalid (weighted): 630966.153
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 165
End: 166
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3235

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Failed to find a suitable job 5 98
0%
2 Lack of experience/qualifications 0 0
0%
3 Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation 0 0
0%
4 Lack of jobs with suitable wages 20 503
0%
5 Considered too young or too old by prospective employers 0 0
0%
6 Race/sex/religion discrimination 0 0
0%
7 Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations) 0 0
0%
8 Lack of employment services 0 0
0%
9 Lack of social relationships 0 0
0%
10 Refusal by family 0 0
0%
11 Do not know effective ways for job searching 0 0
0%
12 Believed that no suitable job exists 0 0
0%
13 No jobs are available 968 23670
1.5%
14 Tired of looking for work 0 0
0%
15 Full time student 35044 775643
49.4%
16 Homemaker/housewife 24444 551198
35.1%
17 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6558 135055
8.6%
18 Have income/revenue/means 17 436
0%
90 Others not elsewhere classified reasons 3641 83877
5.3%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 27228 630966
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
For the "inactive" in the working age population, this variable should identify the main reason for which the individual is not searching for a job.
Universe
Inactive 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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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For all inactive individuals who did not provide a reason for not searching for a job, the main activity status was used to fill this variable.
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