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Socio-Economic Survey, HSOCIOECOS 2020

Palestine, 2020 - 2021
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Reference ID
PAL_SOCIOECOS_2020_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Collections
ERF Harmonized Datasets Special Rounds Surveys
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Mar 20, 2023
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Labor force status in the reference period (LFS)

Data file: Palestine20-SocioEconomic IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 13724
Valid (weighted): 13360.627
Invalid: 2760
Invalid (weighted): 3123.373
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 74
End: 75
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V17117

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Active 4460 4459
33.4%
2 Inactive 9264 8902
66.6%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 2760 3123
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
The current labor force status should distinguish between the active (employed or unemployed) and inactive individuals (out of the labor force).
Universe
Individuals aged 7+
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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Individuals are considered "active" in the labor force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Those unemployed and do not seek a job are considered inactive.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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