Labor Force Survey 2007

West Bank and Gaza, 2007

Reference ID

WBG_2007_LFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Metadata

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

Data file: lfs-q1-s

Overview

Valid: 409

Valid: 36589.45

Invalid: 22802

Invalid: 2126150.298

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 34

End: 35

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Did... seek for a job last week?
What were the steps taken to get a job?

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.

Interviewer instructions

Mark (x) in the circle if an extra questionnaire was completed for the household

Description

Universe

All Palestinians aged 10 years and over living in the Palestinian Territory, excluding persons living in institutions such as prisons or shelters.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Seeking work is defined as having taken specific steps in the reference week to find paid employment or self-employment	Seeking work

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