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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2020

Palestine, 2020 - 2021
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Reference ID
PAL_LFS_2020_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys
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Aug 11, 2021
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Geographical workplace of the main job (GWRKPLC)

Data file: Palestine20-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 22723
Valid (weighted): 23365.168
Invalid: 68115
Invalid (weighted): 67472.832
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 99
End: 104
Width: 6
Range: 275001 - 999999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V5856

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
275001 West bank 14348 14738
63.1%
275002 Gaza strip 5290 5493
23.5%
275003 Israel, camps or industrial borders 2995 3038
13%
777777 Working abroad 51 43
0.2%
888888 Mobile workers 0 0
0%
999999 Not stated 39 54
0.2%
Sysmiss 68115 67473
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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