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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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Employment contract in the secondary job (EMPCONTSC)

Data file: Palestine23-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 73
Invalid: 84475
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 185
Width: 3
Range: 100 - 999
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
100 Yes 0
0%
110 Officially hired 0
0%
120 Written contract for an unlimited duration 2
2.7%
130 Written contract for a limited duration 6
8.2%
140 Collective agreement 0
0%
150 Verbal agreement 10
13.7%
200 No contract 55
75.3%
999 Not stated 0
0%
Sysmiss 84475
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
This variable should indicate whether the individual has an explicit (written or oral) or an implicit employment contract.
Universe
Individuals aged 10+ having a secondary job
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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- Those reported to be officially hired are permanent workers at their main job. However, no official contract should be signed between them and their employers (e.g., governmental employees).
- Employees with a written contract for a limited duration are those for whom the main job will terminate after a fixed period of time or upon completion of a certain project/task.
- Employees with verbal or oral contracts are those for whom the main job started on the basis of a spoken agreement. Oral contracts are difficult to prove and enforce.
- The individuals for whom an employment contract would not be applicable given their employment status, should be coded 200 "No contract."
-This variable is important for measuring work stability, quality and decency.



COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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In the raw data, variable pw23h_b is provided for employees only, while for the employers and self-employed, the data is not collected.
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