Labor Force Survey, LFS 2016

Palestine, 2016

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PAL_LFS_2016_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCC_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine16-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 25452

Valid (weighted): 26706.81

Invalid: 68584

Invalid (weighted): 67329.19

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 92

End: 95

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 9999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V4018

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Commissioned armed forces officers	743	682	2.6%
2	Non-commissioned armed forces officers	681	719	2.7%
3	Armed forces occupations, other ranks	340	351	1.3%
11	Chief executives, senior officials and legislators	199	218	0.8%
12	Administrative and commercial managers	143	169	0.6%
13	Production and specialized services managers	387	381	1.4%
14	Hospitality, retail and other services managers	52	63	0.2%
21	Science and engineering professionals	207	255	1%
22	Health professionals	505	552	2.1%
23	Teaching professionals	1844	1838	6.9%
24	Business and administration professionals	562	650	2.4%
25	Information and communications technology professionals	60	83	0.3%
26	Legal, social and cultural professionals	328	362	1.4%
31	Science and engineering associate professionals	173	191	0.7%
32	Health associate professionals	180	185	0.7%
33	Business and administration associate professionals	505	566	2.1%
34	Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals	138	157	0.6%
35	Information and communications technicians	35	42	0.2%
41	General and keyboard clerks	257	301	1.1%
42	Customer services clerks	142	181	0.7%
43	Numerical and material recording clerks	33	35	0.1%
44	Other clerical support workers	24	25	0.1%
51	Personal service workers	669	709	2.7%
52	Sales workers	3303	3503	13.1%
53	Personal care workers	73	77	0.3%
54	Protective services workers	718	746	2.8%
61	Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers	925	762	2.9%
62	Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker	12	8	0%
63	Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers	429	363	1.4%
71	Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians	2218	2472	9.3%
72	Metal, machinery and related trades workers	835	934	3.5%
73	Handicraft and printing workers	86	100	0.4%
74	Electrical and electronic trades workers	421	451	1.7%
75	Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r	1044	1194	4.5%
81	Stationary plant and machine operators	850	927	3.5%
82	Assemblers	16	20	0.1%
83	Drivers and mobile plant operators	1527	1650	6.2%
91	Cleaners and helpers	542	535	2%
92	Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers	1013	803	3%
93	Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor	2357	2574	9.6%
94	Food preparation assistants	317	315	1.2%
95	Street and related sales and service workers	48	51	0.2%
96	Refuse workers and other elementary workers	487	484	1.8%
9998	Unspecified code	0	0	0%
9999	Not stated	24	20	0.1%
Sysmiss		68584	67329

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

Occupation classification of the main job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).

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)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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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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