Labor Force Survey, LFS 2017

Palestine, 2017

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PAL_LFS_2017_HD_V1

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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCC_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine17-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 23900

Valid (weighted): 25505.618

Invalid: 67330

Invalid (weighted): 65724.382

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 92

End: 95

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 9999

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V4948

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Commissioned armed forces officers	649	622	2.4%
2	Non-commissioned armed forces officers	586	626	2.5%
3	Armed forces occupations, other ranks	281	303	1.2%
11	Chief executives, senior officials and legislators	226	254	1%
12	Administrative and commercial managers	135	173	0.7%
13	Production and specialized services managers	430	447	1.8%
14	Hospitality, retail and other services managers	65	86	0.3%
21	Science and engineering professionals	221	266	1%
22	Health professionals	472	538	2.1%
23	Teaching professionals	1750	1747	6.9%
24	Business and administration professionals	560	608	2.4%
25	Information and communications technology professionals	42	43	0.2%
26	Legal, social and cultural professionals	326	402	1.6%
31	Science and engineering associate professionals	128	133	0.5%
32	Health associate professionals	169	180	0.7%
33	Business and administration associate professionals	440	509	2%
34	Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals	137	154	0.6%
35	Information and communications technicians	21	23	0.1%
41	General and keyboard clerks	230	290	1.1%
42	Customer services clerks	136	168	0.7%
43	Numerical and material recording clerks	21	30	0.1%
44	Other clerical support workers	16	19	0.1%
51	Personal service workers	645	651	2.6%
52	Sales workers	3089	3334	13.1%
53	Personal care workers	61	53	0.2%
54	Protective services workers	758	784	3.1%
61	Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers	738	577	2.3%
62	Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker	11	7	0%
63	Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers	330	295	1.2%
71	Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians	2162	2386	9.4%
72	Metal, machinery and related trades workers	735	856	3.4%
73	Handicraft and printing workers	70	111	0.4%
74	Electrical and electronic trades workers	413	460	1.8%
75	Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r	904	1028	4%
81	Stationary plant and machine operators	758	813	3.2%
82	Assemblers	21	17	0.1%
83	Drivers and mobile plant operators	1490	1658	6.5%
91	Cleaners and helpers	601	615	2.4%
92	Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers	983	807	3.2%
93	Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor	2246	2569	10.1%
94	Food preparation assistants	303	317	1.2%
95	Street and related sales and service workers	67	62	0.2%
96	Refuse workers and other elementary workers	466	479	1.9%
9998	Unspecified code	0	0	0%
9999	Not stated	8	7	0%
Sysmiss		67330	65724

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 main job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).

Universe

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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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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