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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 main job of the head [ISCO 2008-2 digits] (OCCHD_ISCO08_2)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS HH-V1

Overview

Valid: 13293
Invalid: 9460
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 78
End: 81
Width: 4
Range: 1 - 9999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Commissioned armed forces officers 604
4.5%
2 Non-commissioned armed forces officers 272
2%
3 Armed forces occupations, other ranks 148
1.1%
11 Chief executives, senior officials and legislators 132
1%
12 Administrative and commercial managers 88
0.7%
13 Production and specialized services managers 244
1.8%
14 Hospitality, retail and other services managers 35
0.3%
21 Science and engineering professionals 95
0.7%
22 Health professionals 251
1.9%
23 Teaching professionals 596
4.5%
24 Business and administration professionals 249
1.9%
25 Information and communications technology professionals 31
0.2%
26 Legal, social and cultural professionals 164
1.2%
31 Science and engineering associate professionals 111
0.8%
32 Health associate professionals 61
0.5%
33 Business and administration associate professionals 253
1.9%
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals 62
0.5%
35 Information and communications technicians 16
0.1%
41 General and keyboard clerks 78
0.6%
42 Customer services clerks 83
0.6%
43 Numerical and material recording clerks 14
0.1%
44 Other clerical support workers 14
0.1%
51 Personal service workers 277
2.1%
52 Sales workers 1488
11.2%
53 Personal care workers 11
0.1%
54 Protective services workers 409
3.1%
61 Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers 440
3.3%
62 Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting worker 1
0%
63 Subsistence farmers, fishers, hunters and gatherers 21
0.2%
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians 1863
14%
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 533
4%
73 Handicraft and printing workers 36
0.3%
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers 283
2.1%
75 Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and r 551
4.1%
81 Stationary plant and machine operators 315
2.4%
82 Assemblers 20
0.2%
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1211
9.1%
91 Cleaners and helpers 313
2.4%
92 Agricultural, forestry and fishery laborers 450
3.4%
93 Laborers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transpor 1028
7.7%
94 Food preparation assistants 128
1%
95 Street and related sales and service workers 19
0.1%
96 Refuse workers and other elementary workers 291
2.2%
9998 Unspecified code 0
0%
9999 Not stated 4
0%
Sysmiss 9460
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 main job of the head, following the 2-digits International Standard Classification of Occupations for the year 2008 (ISCO-08).
Universe
Employed Heads 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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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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