Labor Force Survey, LFS 2024
Palestine, 2024 - 2025
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Reference ID
PAL_LFS_2024_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Palestine24-LFS
HH-V1 -
Palestine24-LFS
IND-V1
Economic activity classification of the main job of the head [Standardized version] (indhd)
Data file: Palestine24-LFS HH-V1
Overview
Valid:
8317
Invalid:
8458
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
79
End:
81
Width:
3
Range:
10 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 690 |
8.3%
|
| 20 | Mining and quarrying | 50 |
0.6%
|
| 30 | Manufacturing | 1218 |
14.6%
|
| 40 | Electricity, gas and water supply | 74 |
0.9%
|
| 50 | Construction | 1131 |
13.6%
|
| 60 | Wholesale and retail trade | 1670 |
20.1%
|
| 70 | Transportation and storage | 663 |
8%
|
| 80 | Accommodation and food service activities | 221 |
2.7%
|
| 90 | Information and communication | 65 |
0.8%
|
| 100 | Financial and insurance activities | 86 |
1%
|
| 110 | Real estate, professional and support service activities | 162 |
1.9%
|
| 120 | Public administration and defense | 1124 |
13.5%
|
| 130 | Education | 679 |
8.2%
|
| 140 | Human health and social work activities | 248 |
3%
|
| 150 | Other activities | 231 |
2.8%
|
| 998 | Unspecified | 0 |
0%
|
| 999 | Not stated | 5 |
0.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 8458 |
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)
Others
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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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
----------------------------------
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.