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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Reason for few weekly working hours is official working hours < threshold (FHRSWK_R_01)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 6055

Invalid: 78493

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 139

End: 139

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	4362	72%
1	Yes	1693	28%
Sysmiss		78493

Description

Definition

This set of variables should provide the reason(s) for which an individual reported weekly working hours below a country specific threshold.

Universe

Employed individuals aged 10+ and working weekly less than 35 hours

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 threshold used in such a variable may vary from one dataset to another. The variable's universe will denote the threshold used in each country. Some of the reasons reported are called "involuntary reasons." They can be used with the criterion of usually working for hours below a certain threshold to define the "visible underemployment."

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The original variable indicating the reason for which an employee is working less than 35 hours weekly (pw07) 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 main reason for the "zero" number of working hours reported for those cases will be "temporary absent from work".

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