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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 [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCC_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine18-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 23297
Invalid: 67697
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 92
End: 95
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 500
2.1%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 497
2.1%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 306
1.3%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 227
1%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 115
0.5%
13 Production and specialized services managers 404
1.7%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 46
0.2%
21 Science and engineering professionals 276
1.2%
22 Health professionals 486
2.1%
23 Teaching professionals 1818
7.8%
24 Business and administration professionals 505
2.2%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 53
0.2%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 375
1.6%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 154
0.7%
32 Health associate professionals 169
0.7%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 522
2.2%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 162
0.7%
35 Information and communications technicians 30
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 202
0.9%
42 Customer services clerks 139
0.6%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 23
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 19
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 698
3%
52 Sales workers 3046
13.1%
53 Personal care workers 47
0.2%
54 Protective services workers 673
2.9%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 711
3.1%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 6
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 266
1.1%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 2112
9.1%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 746
3.2%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 68
0.3%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 412
1.8%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 952
4.1%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 712
3.1%
82 Assemblers 15
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1470
6.3%
91 Cleaners and helpers 557
2.4%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 903
3.9%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 1996
8.6%
94 Food preparation assistants 316
1.4%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 39
0.2%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 511
2.2%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 13
0.1%
Sysmiss 67697
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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