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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2018

Palestine, 2018
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PAL_LFS_2018_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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ERF Harmonized Datasets Labor Force Surveys
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Occupation classification of the main job of the head [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCHD_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine18-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 13347
Invalid: 10221
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 147
End: 150
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 438
3.3%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 400
3%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 193
1.4%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 189
1.4%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 93
0.7%
13 Production and specialized services managers 319
2.4%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 31
0.2%
21 Science and engineering professionals 140
1%
22 Health professionals 213
1.6%
23 Teaching professionals 643
4.8%
24 Business and administration professionals 289
2.2%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 32
0.2%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 202
1.5%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 101
0.8%
32 Health associate professionals 84
0.6%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 257
1.9%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 76
0.6%
35 Information and communications technicians 17
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 95
0.7%
42 Customer services clerks 62
0.5%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 15
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 13
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 267
2%
52 Sales workers 1576
11.8%
53 Personal care workers 20
0.1%
54 Protective services workers 584
4.4%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 474
3.6%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 0
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 45
0.3%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 1594
11.9%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 484
3.6%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 32
0.2%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 255
1.9%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 478
3.6%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 346
2.6%
82 Assemblers 10
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1189
8.9%
91 Cleaners and helpers 277
2.1%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 452
3.4%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 889
6.7%
94 Food preparation assistants 146
1.1%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 22
0.2%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 299
2.2%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 6
0%
Sysmiss 10221
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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