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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
Collections
Labor Force Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets
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Jul 16, 2026
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Geographical workplace of the main job (GWRKPLC)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 23512
Invalid: 61036
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 111
End: 116
Width: 6
Range: 275001 - 999999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
275001 West bank 15506
65.9%
275002 Gaza strip 4484
19.1%
275003 Israel, camps or industrial borders 3457
14.7%
777777 Working abroad 54
0.2%
888888 Mobile workers 0
0%
999999 Not stated 11
0%
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
This variable provides information about the geographical place of work (e.g. district/ governorate/ region) of the main job.
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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The geographical workplace is generated using the highest level of aggregation provided in the original data, and broke down by urban/rural if possible.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The variable pw18, as provided in the raw data, identifies those who are working in the west bank, Gaza strip, Israel or abroad.
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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