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Labor Force Survey, LFS 2023

Palestine, 2023 - 2024
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PAL_LFS_2023_HD_V1
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Occupation classification of the main job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCC_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 23512
Invalid: 61036
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 95
End: 98
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 710
3%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 365
1.6%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 217
0.9%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 177
0.8%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 131
0.6%
13 Production and specialized services managers 323
1.4%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 44
0.2%
21 Science and engineering professionals 245
1%
22 Health professionals 612
2.6%
23 Teaching professionals 1850
7.9%
24 Business and administration professionals 503
2.1%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 67
0.3%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 339
1.4%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 158
0.7%
32 Health associate professionals 119
0.5%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 481
2%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 161
0.7%
35 Information and communications technicians 31
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 176
0.7%
42 Customer services clerks 162
0.7%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 25
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 24
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 680
2.9%
52 Sales workers 2902
12.3%
53 Personal care workers 57
0.2%
54 Protective services workers 504
2.1%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 587
2.5%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 1
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 270
1.1%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 2432
10.3%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 793
3.4%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 75
0.3%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 475
2%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 994
4.2%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 584
2.5%
82 Assemblers 36
0.2%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1527
6.5%
91 Cleaners and helpers 661
2.8%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 852
3.6%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 2284
9.7%
94 Food preparation assistants 331
1.4%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 33
0.1%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 501
2.1%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 13
0.1%
Sysmiss 61036
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 main job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
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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For those employed but temporary unpaid because of waiting for the start date of an agreed work (MAS_D=132), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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