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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2017

Palestine, 2017
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PAL_LFS_2017_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Occupation classification of the main job of the head [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCHD_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine17-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 13352
Invalid: 9768
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 146
End: 149
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 590
4.4%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 479
3.6%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 206
1.5%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 189
1.4%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 104
0.8%
13 Production and specialized services managers 332
2.5%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 42
0.3%
21 Science and engineering professionals 118
0.9%
22 Health professionals 205
1.5%
23 Teaching professionals 612
4.6%
24 Business and administration professionals 322
2.4%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 14
0.1%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 166
1.2%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 88
0.7%
32 Health associate professionals 80
0.6%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 234
1.8%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 73
0.5%
35 Information and communications technicians 8
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 104
0.8%
42 Customer services clerks 48
0.4%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 9
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 14
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 244
1.8%
52 Sales workers 1585
11.9%
53 Personal care workers 11
0.1%
54 Protective services workers 643
4.8%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 472
3.5%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 6
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 42
0.3%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 1593
11.9%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 463
3.5%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 36
0.3%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 246
1.8%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 438
3.3%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 389
2.9%
82 Assemblers 11
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1132
8.5%
91 Cleaners and helpers 264
2%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 438
3.3%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 833
6.2%
94 Food preparation assistants 149
1.1%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 38
0.3%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 281
2.1%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 1
0%
Sysmiss 9768
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 of the head, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
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)

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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