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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2024

Palestine, 2024 - 2025
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PAL_LFS_2024_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCPRV_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine24-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 5424
Invalid: 54818
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 212
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 13
0.2%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 9
0.2%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 4
0.1%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 8
0.1%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 9
0.2%
13 Production and specialized services managers 37
0.7%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 1
0%
21 Science and engineering professionals 35
0.6%
22 Health professionals 23
0.4%
23 Teaching professionals 92
1.7%
24 Business and administration professionals 27
0.5%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 4
0.1%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 19
0.4%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 17
0.3%
32 Health associate professionals 7
0.1%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 30
0.6%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 15
0.3%
35 Information and communications technicians 3
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 21
0.4%
42 Customer services clerks 17
0.3%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 2
0%
44 Other clerical support workers 2
0%
51 Personal service workers 162
3%
52 Sales workers 296
5.5%
53 Personal care workers 14
0.3%
54 Protective services workers 22
0.4%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 49
0.9%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 0
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 20
0.4%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 1558
28.7%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 120
2.2%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 7
0.1%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 155
2.9%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 148
2.7%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 121
2.2%
82 Assemblers 10
0.2%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 152
2.8%
91 Cleaners and helpers 141
2.6%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 323
6%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 1534
28.3%
94 Food preparation assistants 98
1.8%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 7
0.1%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 92
1.7%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 54818
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 previous/last held job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Ever-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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