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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2011

Palestine, 2011
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PAL_LFS_2011_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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  • Palestine11-LFS
    HH-V1
  • Palestine11-LFS
    IND-V1

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

Data file: Palestine11-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 18173
Valid (weighted): 463084.411
Invalid: 9909
Invalid (weighted): 251843.62
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 165
End: 167
Width: 3
Range: 10 - 999
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2555

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
10 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1941 40090
8.7%
20 Mining and quarrying 55 1401
0.3%
30 Manufacturing 1889 50282
10.9%
40 Electricity, gas and water supply 98 2402
0.5%
50 Construction 2831 75607
16.3%
60 Wholesale and retail trade 3146 84470
18.2%
70 Transportation and storage 1314 36129
7.8%
80 Accommodation and food service activities 326 8049
1.7%
90 Information and communication 93 2254
0.5%
100 Financial and insurance activities 150 4531
1%
110 Real estate, professional and support service activities 288 8534
1.8%
120 Public administration and defense 3357 81972
17.7%
130 Education 1398 34648
7.5%
140 Human health and social work activities 615 15962
3.4%
150 Other activities 661 16407
3.5%
998 Unspecified 0 0
0%
999 Not stated 11 349
0.1%
Sysmiss 9909 251844
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 of the main job of the head.
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)

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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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