Labor Force Survey, LFS 2025
Palestine, 2025 - 2026
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Reference ID
PAL_LFS_2025_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Palestine25-LFS
HH-V1 -
Palestine25-LFS
IND-V1
Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (NOTSRCH_R)
Data file: Palestine25-LFS IND-V1
Overview
Valid:
39914
Invalid:
23532
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
223
End:
224
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Failed to find a suitable job | 219 |
0.5%
|
| 2 | Lack of experience/qualifications | 16 |
0%
|
| 3 | Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Lack of jobs with suitable wages | 229 |
0.6%
|
| 5 | Considered too young or too old by prospective employers | 2416 |
6.1%
|
| 6 | Race/sex/religion discrimination | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations) | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Lack of employment services | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Lack of social relationships | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Refusal by family | 49 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Do not know effective ways for job searching | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Believed that no suitable job exists | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | No jobs are available | 45 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Tired of looking for work | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Full time student | 17267 |
43.3%
|
| 16 | Homemaker/housewife | 14583 |
36.5%
|
| 17 | Pensioners/retired/disabled | 3787 |
9.5%
|
| 18 | Have income/revenue/means | 228 |
0.6%
|
| 90 | Others not elsewhere classified reasons | 58 |
0.1%
|
| 99 | Not stated | 1017 |
2.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 23532 |
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
For the "inactive" in the working age population, this variable should identify the main reason for which the individual is not searching for a job.
Universe
Inactive 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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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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