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Socio-Economic Survey, HSOCIOECOS 2018

Palestine, 2018
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Reference ID
PAL_SOCIOECOS_2018_HD_V2
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Palestine18-SocioEconomic IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 41566
Valid (weighted): 41005.504
Invalid: 9063
Invalid (weighted): 9623.496
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 100
End: 101
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V16475

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Active 14160 13519
33%
2 Inactive 27399 27478
67%
99 Not stated 7 8
0%
Sysmiss 9063 9623
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
The current labor force status should distinguish between the active (employed or unemployed) and inactive individuals (out of the labor force).
Universe
Individuals aged 7+
Source of information
Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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Individuals are considered "active" in the labor force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Those unemployed and do not seek a job are considered inactive.


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