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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2003

Palestine, 2003
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PAL_LFS_2003_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Mar 13, 2016
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  • Palestine03-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine03-LFS
    IND-V1

Economic activity classification of the main job [Standardized version] (IND)

Data file: Palestine03-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 26475
Valid (weighted): 543851.274
Invalid: 89677
Invalid (weighted): 1733837.622
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 91
End: 93
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2886

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Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5539 90302
16.6%
20 Mining and quarrying 70 1304
0.2%
30 Manufacturing 2947 66393
12.2%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 50 939
0.2%
50 Construction 3337 69612
12.8%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 4491 100673
18.5%
70 Transportation and storage 1320 28340
5.2%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 384 8454
1.6%
90 Information and communication 105 2377
0.4%
100 Financial and insurance activities 144 3632
0.7%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 344 8476
1.6%
120 Public administration and defense 3131 65588
12.1%
130 Education 2684 55939
10.3%
140 Human health and social work activities 935 20691
3.8%
150 Other activities 980 20880
3.8%
998 Unspecified 1 10
0%
999 Not stated 13 240
0%
Sysmiss 89677 1733838
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
Standardized economic activity classification for the main job.
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)

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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In many datasets, national classifications are used to code the detailed data collected. In such cases, if the aggregated data is provided by the statistical office, no attempt to correct the original variable is done.
The category "Wholesale and retail trade" includes the repair activities of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
The category "Real estate, administrative, professional and support service activities" includes: Real estate, renting and business activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; in addition to administrative and support service activities.


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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