Labor Force Survey 2005

West Bank and Gaza, 2005

Reference ID

WBG_2005_LFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Metadata

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Why was…absentfrom his/her job last week (pw04)

Data file: lfs-q1-s

Overview

Valid: 209

Valid: 20330.298

Invalid: 22550

Invalid: 1981751.828

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 19

End: 19

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why was…absentfrom his/her job last week

Categories

Value	Category
1	Ill
2	Vacation
3	Strike,curfew
4	Closure(with permit and with payment)
5	Temporary stoppage
6	other
Sysmiss

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.

Interviewer instructions

Ill Skip to PW08

Question post text

Did... want to change his\her job or to get
additional work last week?

Description

Definition

Absent from usual work:
All those who were absent from their usual work during the reference week, due to illness,
holiday, strike, curfew, lock-out, temporary work stoppage, or due to some other reasons.

Universe

The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in the Palestinian Territory

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