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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Feb 19, 2014
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Status in Employment (pw23)
Data file: lfs-q1-s
Overview
Valid:
7788
Valid:
709844.675
Invalid:
14971
Invalid:
1292237.451
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
43
End:
44
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is\was his\her employment status
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employer(employed others) |
| 2 | Self employed |
| 3 | Unpaid family member |
| 4 | Employee/ National Government |
| 5 | Employess/Foreign Government |
| 6 | Employee/UNRWA |
| 7 | Employee/International Organization |
| 8 | Employee/Nonprofit Organization |
| 9 | Regular employee/private sector |
| 10 | Irregular employee/private sector |
| 11 | 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
Employment:
It includes all employed persons who are at working age and working like employer, ownaccount
worker, employee and unpaid family member.
It includes all employed persons who are at working age and working like employer, ownaccount
worker, employee and unpaid family member.
Universe
The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in the Palestinian Territory
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more wage employees. | Employer: |
| A person who operates his or her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires no employees. | self-employed |
| A person who works without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person living in the same household. | Unpaid family member: |
| A person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wage, salary, commission, tips, piece-rates or pay in kind. | Employee: |