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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2022

Palestine, 2022
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PAL_LFS_2022_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCPRV_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine22-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 3702
Invalid: 92275
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 209
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 11
0.3%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 5
0.1%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 8
0.2%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 10
0.3%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 6
0.2%
13 Production and specialized services managers 14
0.4%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 5
0.1%
21 Science and engineering professionals 27
0.7%
22 Health professionals 52
1.4%
23 Teaching professionals 270
7.3%
24 Business and administration professionals 47
1.3%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 11
0.3%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 45
1.2%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 16
0.4%
32 Health associate professionals 21
0.6%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 37
1%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 28
0.8%
35 Information and communications technicians 4
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 27
0.7%
42 Customer services clerks 40
1.1%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 4
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 3
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 108
2.9%
52 Sales workers 386
10.4%
53 Personal care workers 18
0.5%
54 Protective services workers 55
1.5%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 52
1.4%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 0
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 14
0.4%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 534
14.4%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 74
2%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 14
0.4%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 61
1.6%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 125
3.4%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 88
2.4%
82 Assemblers 2
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 156
4.2%
91 Cleaners and helpers 136
3.7%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 265
7.2%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 757
20.4%
94 Food preparation assistants 69
1.9%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 11
0.3%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 86
2.3%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 92275
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 previous/last held job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Ever-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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