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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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Occupation classification of the previous/last held job [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCPRV_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 3916
Invalid: 80632
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 199
End: 202
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 7
0.2%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 11
0.3%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 3
0.1%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 10
0.3%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 4
0.1%
13 Production and specialized services managers 29
0.7%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 2
0.1%
21 Science and engineering professionals 33
0.8%
22 Health professionals 46
1.2%
23 Teaching professionals 198
5.1%
24 Business and administration professionals 43
1.1%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 5
0.1%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 38
1%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 15
0.4%
32 Health associate professionals 14
0.4%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 60
1.5%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 30
0.8%
35 Information and communications technicians 1
0%
41 General and keyboard clerks 25
0.6%
42 Customer services clerks 18
0.5%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 4
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 0
0%
51 Personal service workers 146
3.7%
52 Sales workers 347
8.9%
53 Personal care workers 11
0.3%
54 Protective services workers 29
0.7%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 46
1.2%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 0
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 30
0.8%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 677
17.3%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 77
2%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 14
0.4%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 73
1.9%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 156
4%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 92
2.3%
82 Assemblers 3
0.1%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 150
3.8%
91 Cleaners and helpers 127
3.2%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 246
6.3%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 912
23.3%
94 Food preparation assistants 76
1.9%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 7
0.2%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 98
2.5%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 3
0.1%
Sysmiss 80632
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
Occupation classification of the previous/last held job, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Ever-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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