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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2020

Palestine, 2020 - 2021
Labor Force Surveys
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCPRV_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine20-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 4594
Valid (weighted): 4670.433
Invalid: 86244
Invalid (weighted): 86167.567
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V5856

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 14 15
0.3%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 10 12
0.3%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 2 2
0%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 12 10
0.2%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 8 7
0.2%
13 Production and specialized services managers 27 23
0.5%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 3 5
0.1%
21 Science and engineering professionals 44 48
1%
22 Health professionals 55 62
1.3%
23 Teaching professionals 296 291
6.2%
24 Business and administration professionals 59 69
1.5%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 11 16
0.3%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 48 46
1%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 18 19
0.4%
32 Health associate professionals 36 38
0.8%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 40 43
0.9%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 24 29
0.6%
35 Information and communications technicians 3 5
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 32 34
0.7%
42 Customer services clerks 32 44
0.9%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 1 2
0%
44 Other clerical support workers 0 0
0%
51 Personal service workers 142 146
3.1%
52 Sales workers 466 483
10.3%
53 Personal care workers 20 20
0.4%
54 Protective services workers 49 50
1.1%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 59 52
1.1%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 1 1
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 12 10
0.2%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 746 748
16%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 74 71
1.5%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 13 14
0.3%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 90 92
2%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 159 179
3.8%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 102 98
2.1%
82 Assemblers 2 2
0%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 270 288
6.2%
91 Cleaners and helpers 129 120
2.6%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 317 234
5%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 975 1032
22.1%
94 Food preparation assistants 102 107
2.3%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 6 6
0.1%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 85 100
2.1%
9998 Unspecified code 0 0
0%
9999 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 86244 86168
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
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Ever-employed individuals aged 10+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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