Labor Force Survey, LFS 2025

Palestine, 2025 - 2026

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Reference ID

PAL_LFS_2025_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Sep 21, 2026

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Sep 21, 2026

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Working in an establishment at the main job (ESTAB)

Data file: Palestine25-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 16999

Invalid: 46447

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 130

End: 131

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	2722	16%
1	Yes	6512	38.3%
99	Not stated	7765	45.7%
Sysmiss		46447

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the individual is working in an establishment in his/her 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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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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This variable was generated using the original employment status variable in addition to whether the workplace is registered in the tax authority or not.
Those who are considered to be working in an establishment are all employers and self-employed who explicitly stated to be working in an establishment (pw23_a=1,3), in addition to all employees working in other types of entities registered or in the process to be registered in the Tax authority (pw23a>4 & pwd_a<3).
While those reported not to be working in an establishment are all employers and self-employed who explicitly stated not to be working in an establishment (pw23_a=2,4), in addition to all other individuals working in any other types of entities not registered in the Tax authority (pw23a>4 & pwd_a=3).

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