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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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Marital status [Standardized version] (MART)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 73541
Invalid: 11007
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 59
End: 60
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Never married 29891
40.6%
2 Married monogamous 39726
54%
3 Married polygamous 56
0.1%
4 Divorced/Separated 1648
2.2%
5 Widowed 2220
3%
99 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 11007
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
Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, an individual can still be legally recognized as being in a relationship).
Universe
Individuals aged 12+
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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There is no polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the male head. For the other individuals, we consider those having the status married as monogamous.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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In the raw data, an aggregated "other" category is provided to indicate the divorced, separated or widowed. To split the original category, those younger than 60 years of age were assumed to be divorced/separated, while those aged 60 years or older were assumed to be widowed.
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