Labor Force Survey, LFS 2022

Palestine, 2022

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PAL_LFS_2022_HD_V1

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Jul 16, 2026

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Employment contract in the main job (EMPCONT)

Data file: Palestine22-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 20252

Invalid: 75725

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 119

End: 121

Width: 3

Range: 100 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
100	Yes	0	0%
110	Officially hired	0	0%
120	Written contract for an unlimited duration	6886	34%
130	Written contract for a limited duration	1704	8.4%
140	Collective agreement	0	0%
150	Verbal agreement	1777	8.8%
200	No contract	9866	48.7%
999	Not stated	19	0.1%
Sysmiss		75725

Description

Definition

This variable should indicate whether the individual has an explicit (written or oral) or an implicit employment contract.

Universe

Employed individuals aged 10+

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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- Those reported to be officially hired are permanent workers at their main job. However, no official contract should be signed between them and their employers (e.g., governmental employees).
- Employees with a written contract for a limited duration are those for whom the main job will terminate after a fixed period of time or upon completion of a certain project/task.
- Employees with verbal or oral contracts are those for whom the main job started on the basis of a spoken agreement. Oral contracts are difficult to prove and enforce.
- The individuals for whom an employment contract would not be applicable given their employment status, should be coded 200 "No contract."
-This variable is important for measuring work stability, quality and decency.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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In the raw data, variable pw23h_a is provided for employees only, while for the employers and self-employed, the data is not collected.

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