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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2005

Palestine, 2005
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PAL_LFS_2005_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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    HH-V1
  • Palestine05-LFS
    IND-V1

Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (NOTSRCH_R)

Data file: Palestine05-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 81955
Valid (weighted): 1662870.854
Invalid: 36197
Invalid (weighted): 780100.396
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 164
End: 165
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2734

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Failed to find a suitable job 8 214
0%
2 Lack of experience/qualifications 0 0
0%
3 Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation 0 0
0%
4 Lack of jobs with suitable wages 25 572
0%
5 Considered too young or too old by prospective employers 0 0
0%
6 Race/sex/religion discrimination 0 0
0%
7 Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations) 0 0
0%
8 Lack of employment services 0 0
0%
9 Lack of social relationships 0 0
0%
10 Refusal by family 0 0
0%
11 Do not know effective ways for job searching 0 0
0%
12 Believed that no suitable job exists 0 0
0%
13 No jobs are available 656 13621
0.8%
14 Tired of looking for work 0 0
0%
15 Full time student 44715 875836
52.7%
16 Homemaker/housewife 26308 563782
33.9%
17 Pensioners/retired/disabled 8896 180063
10.8%
18 Have income/revenue/means 16 266
0%
90 Others not elsewhere classified reasons 1331 28517
1.7%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 36197 780100
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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For all inactive individuals who did not provide a reason for not searching for a job, the main activity status was used to fill this variable.
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