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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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Economic activity classification of the main job [ISIC Rev.4-2 digits] (IND_ISIC4_2)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 23512
Invalid: 61036
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 102
End: 105
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service acti 1532
6.5%
2 Forestry and logging 1
0%
3 Fishing and aquaculture 2
0%
5 Mining of coal and lignite 1
0%
6 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas 0
0%
7 Mining of metal ores 0
0%
8 Other mining and quarrying 62
0.3%
9 Mining support service activities 2
0%
10 Manufacture of food products 817
3.5%
11 Manufacture of beverages 133
0.6%
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 46
0.2%
13 Manufacture of textiles 49
0.2%
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 328
1.4%
15 Manufacture of leather and related products 32
0.1%
16 Manufacture of wood/cork and its products, except furniture; 104
0.4%
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products 32
0.1%
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media 38
0.2%
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products 3
0%
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 57
0.2%
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceuti 30
0.1%
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastics products 83
0.4%
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 394
1.7%
24 Manufacture of basic metals 65
0.3%
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery a 444
1.9%
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 7
0%
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 11
0%
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 16
0.1%
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 5
0%
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment 6
0%
31 Manufacture of furniture 528
2.2%
32 Other manufacturing 26
0.1%
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment 35
0.1%
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 120
0.5%
36 Water collection, treatment and supply 15
0.1%
37 Sewerage 2
0%
38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materia 93
0.4%
39 Remediation activities and other waste management services 1
0%
41 Construction of buildings 2070
8.8%
42 Civil engineering 126
0.5%
43 Specialized construction activities 2040
8.7%
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and 731
3.1%
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 522
2.2%
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 3047
13%
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines 996
4.2%
50 Water transport 0
0%
51 Air transport 5
0%
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation 62
0.3%
53 Postal and courier activities 27
0.1%
55 Accommodation 77
0.3%
56 Food and beverage service activities 657
2.8%
58 Publishing activities 15
0.1%
59 Motion picture, video and television program production, sou 2
0%
60 Programming and broadcasting activities 45
0.2%
61 Telecommunications 98
0.4%
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 48
0.2%
63 Information service activities 6
0%
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension f 127
0.5%
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsor 51
0.2%
66 Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance acti 39
0.2%
68 Real estate activities 44
0.2%
69 Legal and accounting activities 141
0.6%
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activitie 4
0%
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing 68
0.3%
72 Scientific research and development 8
0%
73 Advertising and market research 10
0%
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 58
0.2%
75 Veterinary activities 3
0%
77 Rental and leasing activities 17
0.1%
78 Employment activities 5
0%
79 Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and relate 30
0.1%
80 Security and investigation activities 8
0%
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities 166
0.7%
82 Office administrative, office support and other business sup 26
0.1%
84 Public administration and defense; compulsory social securit 2731
11.6%
85 Education 2391
10.2%
86 Human health activities 844
3.6%
87 Residential care activities 31
0.1%
88 Social work activities without accommodation 85
0.4%
90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities 15
0.1%
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities 11
0%
92 Gambling and betting activities 0
0%
93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities 118
0.5%
94 Activities of membership organizations 127
0.5%
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods 112
0.5%
96 Other personal service activities 366
1.6%
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel 25
0.1%
98 Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of 0
0%
99 Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 144
0.6%
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
Economic activity classification of the main job, following the 2-digits International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4).
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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