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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2025

Palestine, 2025 - 2026
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PAL_LFS_2025_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Sep 21, 2026
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Reason for desiring to change the main job/get an additional job (WNTCHJ_R)

Data file: Palestine25-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 484
Invalid: 62962
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 150
End: 151
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Insufficient earnings 321
66.3%
2 Does not match the educational qualification 0
0%
3 Bad work conditions 7
1.4%
4 Inappropriate work place location 2
0.4%
5 Present job is seasonal/casual 69
14.3%
6 Occupation is not suitable 78
16.1%
7 Does not like present job 0
0%
8 Inappropriate working hours 0
0%
90 Others 1
0.2%
99 Not stated 6
1.2%
Sysmiss 62962
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
The variable provides the main reason for which an individual reported desire to change his/her main job or get an additional one.
Universe
Employed individuals aged 10+ reported desire to change job/get additional one
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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The "work place location" might be a reason for the desire to change the job if it is too far from the individual's residence area or if the transportation is too difficult.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the willingness to change the job or get an additional one (pw08) is not reported for those who are employed but temporary unpaid (MAS_D=132). Thus, the generated variable for those cases is recoded 99 "not stated".
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