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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2006

Palestine, 2006
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PAL_LFS_2006_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Dec 27, 2015
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  • Palestine06-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine06-LFS
    IND-V1

Economic activity classification of the main job [Standardized version] (IND)

Data file: Palestine06-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 29018
Valid (weighted): 650799.061
Invalid: 88141
Invalid (weighted): 1881093.186
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 90
End: 92
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2582

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5987 116583
17.9%
20 Mining and quarrying 109 2204
0.3%
30 Manufacturing 3258 77263
11.9%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 94 2283
0.4%
50 Construction 3158 70021
10.8%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 4697 111924
17.2%
70 Transportation and storage 1396 32054
4.9%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 478 11764
1.8%
90 Information and communication 135 3473
0.5%
100 Financial and insurance activities 162 4336
0.7%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 381 10173
1.6%
120 Public administration and defense 4165 95680
14.7%
130 Education 2938 64704
9.9%
140 Human health and social work activities 917 22422
3.4%
150 Other activities 1118 25422
3.9%
998 Unspecified 0 0
0%
999 Not stated 25 493
0.1%
Sysmiss 88141 1881093
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
Standardized economic activity classification for the 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)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
The category "Wholesale and retail trade" includes the repair activities of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
The category "Real estate, administrative, professional and support service activities" includes: Real estate, renting and business activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; in addition to administrative and support service activities.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For those employed but temporary unpaid because of waiting for the start date of an agreed work (MAS_D=132), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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