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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2003

Palestine, 2003
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PAL_LFS_2003_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Mar 13, 2016
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    HH-V1
  • Palestine03-LFS
    IND-V1

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

Data file: Palestine03-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 14217
Invalid: 11271
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 159
End: 161
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2296
16.1%
20 Mining and quarrying 48
0.3%
30 Manufacturing 1442
10.1%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 31
0.2%
50 Construction 2103
14.8%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 2605
18.3%
70 Transportation and storage 984
6.9%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 188
1.3%
90 Information and communication 64
0.5%
100 Financial and insurance activities 93
0.7%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 176
1.2%
120 Public administration and defense 1948
13.7%
130 Education 1255
8.8%
140 Human health and social work activities 430
3%
150 Other activities 548
3.9%
998 Unspecified 1
0%
999 Not stated 5
0%
Sysmiss 11271
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 of the main job of the head.
Universe
Employed Heads 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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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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