Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 2011
Palestine, 2011 - 2012
Get Microdata
Reference ID
PAL_PECS_2011_HD_V2.0
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Created on
Feb 19, 2014
Last modified
Aug 14, 2022
Page views
243556
Downloads
4966
- Data files
- Palestine11-IND-V2
- Palestine11-HH-V2
Main activity status in the current period [Standardized version] (PCMAS)
Data file: Palestine11-IND-V2
Overview
Valid:
19248
Valid (weighted):
19061
Invalid:
6699
Invalid (weighted):
6729.6
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
133
End:
134
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Weighted variable:
V2395
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employed | 6138 | 6008 |
31.5%
|
| 2 | Unemployed | 1163 | 1172 |
6.1%
|
| 3 | Homemaker (Housewife) | 3739 | 3825 |
20.1%
|
| 4 | Student | 6569 | 6507 |
34.1%
|
| 5 | Pensioners/retired/disabled | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Others | 1639 | 1549 |
8.1%
|
| 99 | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 6699 | 6730 |
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
Main activity status with respect to the labour force, that distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others, the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers.
Universe
All individuals aged 10+ years
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
----------------------
Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between:
- “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave
- “Not Employed”.
The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”.
Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into:
- Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed.
- Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers.
- Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed".
In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones.
A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
----------------------------------
Since unemployment type cannot be identified (previously employed/never employed), all work related variables were recoded missing for unemployed for whom those variables were not reported, and those were assumed to be unemployed never previously employed. While for unemployed for whom other work related variables data is available, the information were kept since those are part of the variable universe and were assumed to be previously employed.
----------------------
Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between:
- “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave
- “Not Employed”.
The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”.
Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into:
- Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed.
- Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers.
- Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed".
In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones.
A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process.
COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
----------------------------------
Since unemployment type cannot be identified (previously employed/never employed), all work related variables were recoded missing for unemployed for whom those variables were not reported, and those were assumed to be unemployed never previously employed. While for unemployed for whom other work related variables data is available, the information were kept since those are part of the variable universe and were assumed to be previously employed.