Labor Force Survey, LFS 2023

Palestine, 2023 - 2024

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Reference ID

PAL_LFS_2023_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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Marital status [Detailed version] (MART_D)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 73541

Invalid: 11007

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 61

End: 63

Width: 3

Range: 100 - 999

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
100	Never married	29891	40.6%
200	Married monogamous	39726	54%
210	Legally married	0	0%
220	Married	0	0%
300	Married polygamous	56	0.1%
400	Divorced/Separated	1648	2.2%
410	Separated	0	0%
420	Divorced	0	0%
500	Widowed	2220	3%
999	Not stated	0	0%
Sysmiss		11007

Description

Definition

Detailed 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.
This variable distinguishes also between legal marriage and marriage, and between separation and divorce.

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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