Labor Force Survey 2005

West Bank and Gaza, 2005

Reference ID

WBG_2005_LFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Why did not…seek a job last week (pw16)

Data file: lfs-q1-s

Overview

Valid: 274

Valid: 25436.12

Invalid: 22485

Invalid: 1976646.006

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 35

End: 36

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Did... seek for a job last week?

Literal question

Why did not…seek a job last week

Categories

Value	Category
1	Studying,training
2	housekeeping
3	Old.ill
4	Found/established ajob which starts later
5	Waiting call from previous job/applications
6	Closure\with permit
7	No permit/possibility to find work
8	Job finding/No Use
9	Find ajob which doesn't match with qualifications
10	do not looking for job due to low scale of payment
11	Not intrested to look for ajob due to other income sources
12	Others
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.

Description

Definition

Seeking work:
Seeking work is defined as having taken specific steps in the reference week to find paid
employment or self-employment. Job seekers are classified into:
1. Available for work: A person ready to work if he\she is offered any job, and
there is no reason preventing him\her from accepting such a job although he\she
did nothing to get a job.
2. Actively seeking work: A person who is willing to work and is actively seeking
work through reading newspaper advertisement, asking friends, registration at
the labour exchange offices, or asking employers.

Universe

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

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