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Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 2017 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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WBG_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Main employment status (PS2017A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: PSE2017_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 183
End: 183
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">For employed persons and unemployed ones who ever worked (who answers items (1--5) of question 74, and if the answers (6--12) go to question 83</span>
<br />[Questions 79 through 82 asked of persons aged 7 or older who were employed or unemployed as indicated in questions 74 responses 1 through 5.]</p>

<p><span class="em">80. Main employment status</span></p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Employer<br />[] 2. Self employed <br />[] 3. Regular wage employee<br />[] 4. Irregular wage employee<br />[] 5. Unpaid family member</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self employed
3 Regular wage employee
4 Irregular wage employee
5 Unpaid family member
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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 indicates the person's main employment status in the week prior to the census.
Universe
Palestine 2017: Persons age 7+ who ever worked [discrepancies: none]

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