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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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Labor Force Status (1) (empch)

Data file: lfs-q2-s

Overview

Valid: 22969
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 55
End: 55
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Labor Force Status (1)
Categories
Value Category
1 Employment
2 Unemployment
3 Outside of LF
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

Definition
Labour force:
The economically active population (Labour Force) consists of all persons 15 years and over who are either employed or unemployed as defined over at the time of survey
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
It includes all employed persons who are at working age and working like employer, own-account worker, employee and unpaid family member Employment
Unemployed persons are those individuals 15 years and over who did not work at all during the reference week, who were not absent from a job and were available for work and actively seeking a job during the reference week. Persons who work in Israel and were absent from work due to closure are considered unemployed, and also those persons never work and not looking for work but waiting to return back to their works in Israel and Settlements Unemployment
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