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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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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Palestine17-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 91230
Valid (weighted): 91230
Invalid: 0
Invalid (weighted): 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 202
End: 202
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 3
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V4948

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
0 Never worked during the reference period 62938 61139
67%
1 Employed but previous job is not reported 23889 25498
27.9%
2 Employed AND reported a previous job 11 7
0%
3 Not working AND reported a last held job 4392 4586
5%
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
This variable should identify those who have previously been employed for pay or for profit for a continuous period of time.
Universe
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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This information is provided for all individuals in the working-age population to identify those who have previously experienced any employment during the reference period.
In many surveys, the data is not collected for employed individuals, in such cases they are recoded "1".


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Data on previous job is only collected for employed but temporary unpaid, unemployed and inactive individuals indicating last held job characteristics.
No data on previous job for the rest of the employed individuals is provided.
Those who reported previous work experience during more than 1 year preceding the survey were recoded "0" indicating that they never worked during the reference period.
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