Labor Force Survey, LFS 2016

Palestine, 2016

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PAL_LFS_2016_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Economic activity classification of the main job [ISIC Rev.4-2 digits] (IND_ISIC4_2)

Data file: Palestine16-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 25452

Valid (weighted): 26706.81

Invalid: 68584

Invalid (weighted): 67329.19

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 99

End: 102

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 9999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V4018

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service acti	2466	2015	7.5%
2	Forestry and logging	4	3	0%
3	Fishing and aquaculture	16	13	0%
5	Mining of coal and lignite	0	0	0%
6	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	1	1	0%
7	Mining of metal ores	0	0	0%
8	Other mining and quarrying	134	193	0.7%
9	Mining support service activities	1	1	0%
10	Manufacture of food products	580	603	2.3%
11	Manufacture of beverages	38	41	0.2%
12	Manufacture of tobacco products	61	65	0.2%
13	Manufacture of textiles	54	59	0.2%
14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	376	423	1.6%
15	Manufacture of leather and related products	90	129	0.5%
16	Manufacture of wood/cork and its products, except furniture;	97	101	0.4%
17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	23	23	0.1%
18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	59	74	0.3%
19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	10	9	0%
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	26	34	0.1%
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceuti	21	33	0.1%
22	Manufacture of rubber and plastics products	103	122	0.5%
23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	458	500	1.9%
24	Manufacture of basic metals	44	55	0.2%
25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery a	439	449	1.7%
26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	4	5	0%
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	15	16	0.1%
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	10	12	0%
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	16	13	0.1%
30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	2	2	0%
31	Manufacture of furniture	454	507	1.9%
32	Other manufacturing	29	39	0.1%
33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	45	49	0.2%
35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	60	62	0.2%
36	Water collection, treatment and supply	40	41	0.2%
37	Sewerage	6	7	0%
38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materia	56	59	0.2%
39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	1	1	0%
41	Construction of buildings	2152	2477	9.3%
42	Civil engineering	88	84	0.3%
43	Specialized construction activities	1694	1831	6.9%
45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and	713	862	3.2%
46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	526	619	2.3%
47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3258	3442	12.9%
49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	1240	1323	5%
50	Water transport	2	3	0%
51	Air transport	6	4	0%
52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	45	42	0.2%
53	Postal and courier activities	16	13	0%
55	Accommodation	68	61	0.2%
56	Food and beverage service activities	611	657	2.5%
58	Publishing activities	14	14	0.1%
59	Motion picture, video and television program production, sou	15	22	0.1%
60	Programming and broadcasting activities	64	74	0.3%
61	Telecommunications	86	126	0.5%
62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	21	26	0.1%
63	Information service activities	12	16	0.1%
64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension f	146	193	0.7%
65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsor	23	25	0.1%
66	Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance acti	34	41	0.2%
68	Real estate activities	37	45	0.2%
69	Legal and accounting activities	105	142	0.5%
70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activitie	2	2	0%
71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing	53	64	0.2%
72	Scientific research and development	4	4	0%
73	Advertising and market research	23	22	0.1%
74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	41	50	0.2%
75	Veterinary activities	0	0	0%
77	Rental and leasing activities	30	38	0.1%
78	Employment activities	8	13	0%
79	Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and relate	17	16	0.1%
80	Security and investigation activities	22	41	0.2%
81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	55	55	0.2%
82	Office administrative, office support and other business sup	23	24	0.1%
84	Public administration and defense; compulsory social securit	3804	3822	14.3%
85	Education	2515	2526	9.5%
86	Human health activities	794	850	3.2%
87	Residential care activities	20	21	0.1%
88	Social work activities without accommodation	78	86	0.3%
90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	22	18	0.1%
91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	4	3	0%
92	Gambling and betting activities	0	0	0%
93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	98	90	0.3%
94	Activities of membership organizations	234	250	0.9%
95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	201	194	0.7%
96	Other personal service activities	374	392	1.5%
97	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	29	25	0.1%
98	Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of	1	0	0%
99	Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	161	177	0.7%
9998	Unspecified code	0	0	0%
9999	Not stated	24	20	0.1%
Sysmiss		68584	67329

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

Economic activity classification of the main job, following the 2-digits International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4).

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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