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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2020

Palestine, 2020 - 2021
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PAL_LFS_2020_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Data file: Palestine20-LFS IND-V1

The individual data file contains generated individual-level harmonized variables, subject to availability, enveloped in the following categories:
- File identification and information
- Demographics
- Nationality and immigration
- Education
- Current labor status
- Employment in main job
- Wages and incomes
- Employment in secondary job
- Last held job characteristics
- Unemployment characteristics
- Inactivity reason(s)

In cross-sectional datasets, both CASESER and PNUM are used to uniquely identify an individual.
In panel data, the ROUND, CASESER and PNUM are required to uniquely identify a certain individual, while the HPNLID and PPNLID variables are used to identify paneled individuals.

Cases: 90838
Variables: 92

Variables

COUNTRY
Country
YEAR
Survey year
ROUND
Survey round
DTYPE
Data type
DREP
Household repetition over rounds
CASESER
Unique household identifier
HPNLID
Household panel identifier
PNUM
Individual identifier
PPNLID
Individual panel identifier
PWEIGHT
Individual weight
REG
Region
RURURB
Urban/Rural residence
AGE
Age
SEX
Gender
MART
Marital status [Standardized version]
MART_D
Marital status [Detailed version]
REL
Relationship to head [Standardized version]
REL_D
Relationship to head [Detailed version]
LIT
Literacy status
EVERATTD
Ever attended school
ATTSCH
School attendance status
EDUC
Educational level [Standardized version]
EDUC_D
Educational level [Detailed version]
YEDUC
Number of effective years of schooling
ENROL
Level of schooling presently attending
VOC
Received any vocational training
LFS
Labor force status in the reference period
MAS
Main activity status in the reference period [Standardized version]
MAS_D
Main activity status in the reference period [Detailed version]
EMPS
Status of employment in the main job during the reference period
OCC
Occupation classification of the main job [Standardized version]
OCC_ISCO08_2
Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 2008-2 digits]
IND
Economic activity classification of the main job [Standardized version]
IND_ISIC4_2
Economic activity classification of the main job [ISIC Rev.4-2 digits]
SECTOR
Sector of employment of the main job [Standardized version]
SECTOR_D
Sector of employment of the main job [Detailed version]
GWRKPLC
Geographical workplace of the main job
EMPSTAB
Employment stability in the main job
EMPCONT
Employment contract in the main job
BENEFIT_01
Individual benefits from contribution to the pension/end of service funding
BENEFIT_02
Individual benefits from in-lieu/paid annual leave
BENEFIT_03
Individual benefits from paid sick leave
BENEFIT_04
Individual benefits from paid maternity vacation
HLTHINS
Has health insurance
SYDUN
Affiliated to a syndicate or a vocational union
ESTAB
Working in an establishment at the main job
ESTTAX
Establishment registered in tax administration
NUMWRK
Number of workers in establishment of the main job
HRSWK
Total weekly working hours in the main job
FHRSWK_R_01
Reason for few weekly working hours is official working hours < threshold
FHRSWK_R_02
Reason for few weekly working hours is work conditions
FHRSWK_R_03
Reason for few weekly working hours is strike/Closure
FHRSWK_R_07
Reason for few weekly working hours is family/Personal responsibilities
FHRSWK_R_08
Reason for few weekly working hours is temporary absence from work
FHRSWK_R_09
Reason for few weekly working hours is unwillingness to do extra work
FHRSWK_R_90
Other reasons for few weekly working hours
SEEKWRK
Seeking additional employment during the reference period
WNTCHJ
Want to change the main job/get an additional job
WNTCHJ_R
Reason for desiring to change the main job/get an additional job
DAYMNTH
Total number of working days per month in the main job
TOTWAG
Total monthly wage from the regular main job
SECJOB
Has a secondary job during the reference period
EMPSSC
Status of employment in the secondary job during the reference period
OCCSC
Occupation classification of the secondary job [Standardized version]
OCCSC_ISCO08_2
Occupation classification of the secondary job [ISCO 2008-2 digits]
INDSC
Economic activity classification of the secondary job [Standardized version]
INDSC_ISIC4_2
Economic activity classification of the secondary job [ISIC Rev.4-2 digits]
SECTORSC
Sector of employment of the secondary job [Standardized version]
SECTORSC_D
Sector of employment of the secondary job [Detailed version]
EMPCONTSC
Employment contract in the secondary job
ESTABSC
Working in an establishment at the secondary job
ESTTAXSC
Establishment registered in tax administration
NUMWRKSC
Number of workers in the secondary job establishment
HRSWKSC
Total weekly working hours in the secondary job
PRVWRK
Previously worked during the reference period
OCCPRV
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
OCCPRV_ISCO08_2
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-2 digits]
INDPRV
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
INDPRV_ISIC4_2
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [ISIC Rev.4-2 digits]
UNEMPDUR
Unemployment duration in months
SRCHACT_02
Seeking a job by registering with a public/private employment service
SRCHACT_03
Seeking a job by participating in employment competitions
SRCHACT_04
Seeking a job by arranging for financial resources/applying for permits/licenses
SRCHACT_05
Seeking a job by searching for a private project
SRCHACT_06
Seeking a job by seeking the assistance of friends/relatives/other intermediaries
SRCHACT_07
Seeking a job by applying directly to the employer
SRCHACT_08
Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV
SRCHACT_09
Seeking a job through online job searching
SRCHACT_10
Seeking a job by waiting in a gathering place
SRCHACT_90
Seeking a job through others activities not elsewhere classified
SRCHDUR
Job search duration in months
NOTSRCH_R
Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period
Total: 92
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