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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2007

Palestine, 2007
Labor Force Surveys
ERF Harmonized Datasets
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Variable Groups

Data file: Palestine07-LFS IND-V1

The individual data file contains generated individual-level harmonized variables, subject to availability, enveloped in the following categories:
- File identification and information
- Demographics
- Nationality and immigration
- Education
- Current labor status
- Employment in main job
- Wages and incomes
- Employment in secondary job
- Last held job characteristics
- Unemployment characteristics
- Inactivity reason(s)

In cross-sectional datasets, both CASESER and PNUM are used to uniquely identify an individual.
In panel data, the ROUND, CASESER and PNUM are required to uniquely identify a certain individual, while the HPNLID and PPNLID variables are used to identify paneled individuals.

Cases: 113246
Variables: 66

Variables

COUNTRY
Country
YEAR
Survey year
ROUND
Survey round
DTYPE
Data type
DREP
Household repetition over rounds
CASESER
Unique household identifier
HPNLID
Household panel identifier
HWEIGHT
Household weight
PNUM
Individual identifier
PPNLID
Individual panel identifier
PWEIGHT
Individual weight
REG
Region
AREA
Area
RURURB
Urban/Rural residence
AGE
Age
SEX
Gender
MART
Marital status [Standardized version]
MART_D
Marital status [Detailed version]
REL
Relationship to head [Standardized version]
REL_D
Relationship to head [Detailed version]
LIT
Literacy status
EVERATTD
Ever attended school
ATTSCH
School attendance status
EDUC
Educational level [Standardized version]
EDUC_D
Educational level [Detailed version]
YEDUC
Number of effective years of schooling
ENROL
Level of schooling presently attending
LFS
Labor force status in the reference period
MAS
Main activity status in the reference period [Standardized version]
MAS_D
Main activity status in the reference period [Detailed version]
EMPS
Status of employment in the main job during the reference period
OCC
Occupation classification of the main job [Standardized version]
OCC_ISCO88_2
Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 1988-2 digits]
IND
Economic activity classification of the main job [Standardized version]
IND_ISIC3_2
Economic activity classification of the main job [ISIC Rev.3-2 digits]
SECTOR
Sector of employment of the main job [Standardized version]
SECTOR_D
Sector of employment of the main job [Detailed version]
GWRKPLC
Geographical workplace of the main job
HRSWK
Total weekly working hours in the main job
FHRSWK_R_01
Reason for few weekly working hours is official working hours < threshold
FHRSWK_R_03
Reason for few weekly working hours is strike/Closure
FHRSWK_R_04
Reason for few weekly working hours is unavailability of additional work
FHRSWK_R_07
Reason for few weekly working hours is family/Personal responsibilities
FHRSWK_R_08
Reason for few weekly working hours is temporary absence from work
FHRSWK_R_09
Reason for few weekly working hours is unwillingness to do extra work
FHRSWK_R_90
Other reasons for few weekly working hours
WNTCHJ
Want to change the main job/get an additional job
WNTCHJ_R
Reason for desiring to change the main job/get an additional job
DAYMNTH
Total number of working days per month in the main job
TOTWAG
Total monthly wage from the regular main job
SECJOB
Has a secondary job during the reference period
PRVWRK
Previously worked during the reference period
EMPSPRV
Status of employment in the previous/last held job
OCCPRV
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
OCCPRV_ISCO88_2
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 1988-2 digits]
INDPRV
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
INDPRV_ISIC3_2
Economic activity classification of the previous/last held job [ISIC Rev.3-2 digits]
SECTORPRV
Sector of employment of the previous/last held job [Standardized version]
SECTORPRV_D
Sector of employment of the previous/last held job [Detailed version]
UNEMPDUR
Unemployment duration in months
SRCHACT_01
Seeking a job by registering with government offices/ministries
SRCHACT_06
Seeking a job by seeking the assistance of friends/relatives/other intermediaries
SRCHACT_07
Seeking a job by applying directly to the employer
SRCHACT_08
Seeking a job by reading/watching/responding to advertisements in newspapers/TV
SRCHACT_90
Seeking a job through other activities not elsewhere classified
NOTSRCH_R
Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period
Total: 66