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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Jul 16, 2026

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Previously worked during the reference period (PRVWRK)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 84546

Invalid: 2

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 195

End: 195

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category	Cases
0	Never worked during the reference period	57148	67.6%
1	Employed but previous job is not reported	23484	27.8%
2	Employed AND reported a previous job	28	0%
3	Not working AND reported a last held job	3886	4.6%
Sysmiss		2

Description

Definition

This variable should identify those who have previously been employed for pay or for profit for a continuous period of time.

Universe

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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This information is provided for all individuals in the working-age population to identify those who have previously experienced any employment during the reference period.
In many surveys, the data is not collected for employed individuals, in such cases they are recoded "1".

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Data on previous job is only collected for employed but temporary unpaid, unemployed and inactive individuals indicating last held job characteristics.
No data on previous job for the rest of the employed individuals is provided.
Those who reported previous work experience during more than 1 year preceding the survey were recoded "0" indicating that they never worked during the reference period.

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