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 of the head [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCHD_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine16-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 14130

Valid (weighted): 14222.171

Invalid: 9754

Invalid (weighted): 9661.829

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 145

End: 148

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 9999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V3923

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Commissioned armed forces officers	672	616	4.3%
2	Non-commissioned armed forces officers	529	490	3.4%
3	Armed forces occupations, other ranks	259	249	1.8%
11	Chief executives, senior officials and legislators	163	162	1.1%
12	Administrative and commercial managers	116	127	0.9%
13	Production and specialized services managers	297	301	2.1%
14	Hospitality, retail and other services managers	40	49	0.3%
21	Science and engineering professionals	106	118	0.8%
22	Health professionals	220	231	1.6%
23	Teaching professionals	655	627	4.4%
24	Business and administration professionals	325	367	2.6%
25	Information and communications technology professionals	24	32	0.2%
26	Legal, social and cultural professionals	167	173	1.2%
31	Science and engineering associate professionals	120	127	0.9%
32	Health associate professionals	82	82	0.6%
33	Business and administration associate professionals	275	282	2%
34	Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals	73	90	0.6%
35	Information and communications technicians	18	21	0.1%
41	General and keyboard clerks	107	123	0.9%
42	Customer services clerks	58	64	0.4%
43	Numerical and material recording clerks	16	16	0.1%
44	Other clerical support workers	14	14	0.1%
51	Personal service workers	237	254	1.8%
52	Sales workers	1701	1749	12.3%
53	Personal care workers	13	12	0.1%
54	Protective services workers	601	591	4.2%
61	Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers	579	488	3.4%
62	Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker	6	4	0%
63	Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers	28	21	0.1%
71	Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians	1689	1732	12.2%
72	Metal, machinery and related trades workers	530	549	3.9%
73	Handicraft and printing workers	44	54	0.4%
74	Electrical and electronic trades workers	242	240	1.7%
75	Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r	422	471	3.3%
81	Stationary plant and machine operators	418	435	3.1%
82	Assemblers	8	9	0.1%
83	Drivers and mobile plant operators	1190	1211	8.5%
91	Cleaners and helpers	251	244	1.7%
92	Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers	444	363	2.6%
93	Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor	898	948	6.7%
94	Food preparation assistants	129	128	0.9%
95	Street and related sales and service workers	31	34	0.2%
96	Refuse workers and other elementary workers	329	318	2.2%
9998	Unspecified code	0	0	0%
9999	Not stated	4	3	0%
Sysmiss		9754	9662

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 of the head, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).

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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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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