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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2003

Palestine, 2003
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PAL_LFS_2003_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Mar 13, 2016
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    HH-V1
  • Palestine03-LFS
    IND-V1

Reason for not seeking a job during the reference period (NOTSRCH_R)

Data file: Palestine03-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 81421
Valid (weighted): 1562065.775
Invalid: 34731
Invalid (weighted): 715623.12
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 165
End: 166
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V2886

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Failed to find a suitable job 2 30
0%
2 Lack of experience/qualifications 0 0
0%
3 Lack of jobs matching personal skills or occupation 0 0
0%
4 Lack of jobs with suitable wages 29 619
0%
5 Considered too young or too old by prospective employers 0 0
0%
6 Race/sex/religion discrimination 0 0
0%
7 Lack of infrastructure (assets roads/transportations) 0 0
0%
8 Lack of employment services 0 0
0%
9 Lack of social relationships 0 0
0%
10 Refusal by family 0 0
0%
11 Do not know effective ways for job searching 0 0
0%
12 Believed that no suitable job exists 0 0
0%
13 No jobs are available 521 10265
0.7%
14 Tired of looking for work 0 0
0%
15 Full time student 42832 811111
51.9%
16 Homemaker/housewife 27176 539655
34.5%
17 Pensioners/retired/disabled 8403 152148
9.7%
18 Have income/revenue/means 29 538
0%
90 Others not elsewhere classified reasons 2429 47701
3.1%
99 Not stated 0 0
0%
Sysmiss 34731 715623
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
For the "inactive" in the working age population, this variable should identify the main reason for which the individual is not searching for a job.
Universe
Inactive 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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All reasons are provided by the inactive individuals who are not working nor seeking a job because of discouragement or due to any of the known reasons of inactivity.



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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For all inactive individuals who did not provide a reason for not searching for a job, the main activity status was used to fill this variable.
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