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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2000

Palestine, 2000
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Reference ID
PAL_LFS_2000_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Mar 27, 2016
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Geographical workplace of the main job (GWRKPLC)

Data file: Palestine00-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 33801
Valid (weighted): 584667.956
Invalid: 83827
Invalid (weighted): 1471048.544
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 102
End: 107
Width: 6
Range: 275001 - 999999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3736

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
275001 West bank 18624 327871
56.1%
275002 Gaza strip 8318 143481
24.5%
275003 Israel, camps or industrial borders 6825 112752
19.3%
777777 Working abroad 24 436
0.1%
888888 Mobile workers 0 0
0%
999999 Not stated 10 128
0%
Sysmiss 83827 1471049
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
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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