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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Total weekly working hours in the main job (HRSWK)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 23512

Invalid: 61036

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 99

Mean: 38.857

Standard deviation: 17.421

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 137

End: 138

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 9999

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

This variable reports the total number of hours the individual usually works during the week on his/her 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 number of hours usually worked, as defined by the ILO, is the typical value (may be the modal value) of hours actually worked in the job during a certain reference period.
This variable can help in assessing time-related underemployment (visible underemployment).

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The number of weekly working hours provided in variable pw06 aggregates the total number of hours worked in all jobs (main, secondary, irregular, ..etc.).
It is not reported for those who are employed but temporary absent from their work (MAS_D=110), or temporary unpaid (MAS_D=132). Thus, the generated variable for those cases is recoded "0".

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