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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2023

Palestine, 2023 - 2024
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PAL_LFS_2023_HD_V1
Producer(s)
Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Jul 16, 2026
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Literacy status of the first spouse (LITSP_1)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 18733
Invalid: 4020
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 105
End: 106
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 368
2%
1 Can read AND write 18365
98%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 4020
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 indicates whether the first spouse is literate (can read and write) or not.
Universe
Spouses 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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An individual is considered literate if he/she can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate individual (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey only asks whether an individual can read but does not ask if they can write, and in the case that there is no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability, the literacy status cannot be determined, and these are coded as missing.
If there are no questions about the reading and writing abilities, but the educational attainment is elementary or upper, the individual is considered literate.


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