Labor Force Survey, LFS 2003

Palestine, 2003

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Reference ID

PAL_LFS_2003_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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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Palestine03-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 116151

Valid (weighted): 2277670.101

Invalid: 1

Invalid (weighted): 18.795

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 135

End: 135

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2886

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
0	Never worked during the reference period	83865	1617842	71%
1	Employed but previous job is not reported	26468	543700	23.9%
2	Employed & reported a previous job	7	151	0%
3	Not working & reported a last held job	5811	115977	5.1%
Sysmiss		1	19

Description

Definition

This variable should identify those who have previously been employed for pay or for profit for a continuous period of time.

Universe

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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This information is provided for all individuals in the working-age population to identify those who have previously experienced any employment during the reference period.
In many surveys, the data is not collected for employed individuals, in such cases they are recoded "1".

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Data on previous job is only collected for employed but temporary unpaid, unemployed and inactive individuals indicating last held job characteristics.
No data on previous job for the rest of the employed individuals is provided.
Those who reported previous work experience during more than 1 year preceding the survey were recoded "0" indicating that they never worked during the reference period.

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