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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2000

Palestine, 2000
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PAL_LFS_2000_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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    IND-V1

Main activity status in the reference period [Detailed version] (MAS_D)

Data file: Palestine00-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 117628
Valid (weighted): 2055716.5
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 78
End: 80
Width: 3
Range: 100 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V3736

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
100 Employed 32248 557053
27.1%
110 Employed but temporary absent from work 554 10227
0.5%
111 Sick leave/Ill 129 2275
0.1%
112 Vacation/Official vacation 538 9138
0.4%
113 Temporary stoppage of the industry 292 5032
0.2%
114 Travel 0 0
0%
115 Strike/Curfew 30 814
0%
120 Managing own properties 0 0
0%
130 Employed but temporary unpaid 0 0
0%
131 Arranges to take up paid/self- employment activity 0 0
0%
132 Waiting for the start date of an agreed work 10 128
0%
133 Waiting to have clients 0 0
0%
134 Unpaid leave for more than one year 0 0
0%
135 Waiting to go back to previous job 0 0
0%
200 Unemployed 0 0
0%
210 Unemployed ever worked (seeking a job) 3518 59742
2.9%
220 Unemployed never worked (seeking a job) 675 11297
0.5%
230 Unemployed (not seeking a job) 0 0
0%
231 Awaiting a recall to a previous job (temporary laid off) 0 0
0%
232 Awaiting work applications/interviews/competitions results 294 4759
0.2%
233 Unable to issue work permission due to political circumstanc 58 821
0%
234 Not able to seek a job due to closure/curfew 61 1037
0.1%
235 In military service 0 0
0%
300 Homemaker (Housewife) 29475 502618
24.4%
310 Homemaker 0 0
0%
320 Housewife 0 0
0%
400 Student 37328 683886
33.3%
500 Pensioners/retired/disabled 0 0
0%
510 Pensioners 0 0
0%
520 Retired 0 0
0%
530 Disabled 1970 34768
1.7%
540 Unable to work 0 0
0%
550 Old 0 0
0%
560 Disabled/Old/Ill 5770 90740
4.4%
600 Others 4132 71701
3.5%
610 Out of labor force 0 0
0%
620 Discouraged unemployment 338 5768
0.3%
630 Not working and not looking for a job 0 0
0%
640 Have income/revenue/means 19 423
0%
650 In prison 188 3440
0.2%
660 In hospital 0 0
0%
670 Landlord 0 0
0%
680 Family responsibilities 0 0
0%
999 Not stated 1 48
0%
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
Main activity status with respect to the labor force, which distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers. This detailed variable also distinguishes between different types of employment and unemployment.
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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Among the employed, the variable should distinguish between those who are actually employed, those who are temporarily absent from work (by reason of absence if available), those managing their own properties and those who are engaged in a job opportunity but are temporarily unpaid.

Similarly, for the unemployed, the variable, if possible, should identify those who have worked before and those who have never worked, in addition to the unemployed who are not seeking a job, with the reason for why the individual is not looking for a job opportunity.

The code 113 indicating temporary stoppage of the industry may also indicate an activity reduction or a temporary closure, which means that the employing entity might not be working in full capacity. This might be due to a lack in the number of customers or to a shortage in demand. In both cases, this should always imply that the individual is still employed (temporarily absent) since he/she is still paid/earn income.

The reasons for which the person is identified to be a discouraged unemployed (Code 620) are reported in detail in the variable (NOTSRCH_R).

Discouraged unemployment includes those who are available and want to work but given up on searching for a job because they found no suitable employment options and/or were met with lack of success when applying.
Family responsibilities includes taking caring for children, the incapacitated or elderly.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The category 530, indicating those who are inactive because of disability, identifies as well some respondents who have been abroad at the time of survey, as defined in the raw data, those could not be separately classified.
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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