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Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 2017 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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WBG_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Activity status (PS2017A_ACTIVITY)

Data file: PSE2017_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 172
End: 173
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Labor force status in the past week previous to the reference night (18--24/11/2017) (persons 7 years and over)</span>
<br />[Questions 74 to 82 asked to persons aged 7 years and older]</p>

<p><span class="em">74. Type of labor force status</span><div class="i1">[] 1. Worker 1 -- 14 hours<br />[] 2. Worker 15 -- 34 hour<br />[] 3. Worker 35 -- 45 hours<br />[] 4. Worker 46 hours and more<br />[] 5. Sought work during the last 4 weeks (doesn't work but want to work -- worked before)<br />[] 6. Sought work during the last 4 weeks (doesn't work but want to work -- not worked before or doesn't work and not want to work)<br />[] 7. Studying/training<br />[] 8. Housekeeping<br />[] 9. Disability/aging/illness<br />[] 10. Having another source of income<br />[] 11. Retirement<br />[] 12. Other<br /><br />[If answered response 6 through 12, go to question 83.]</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Worker, 1 to 14 hours
02 Worker, 15 to 34 hours
03 Worker, 35 to 45 hours
04 Worker, 46 hours and more
05 Sought work during the last 4 weeks (worked before)
06 Sought work during the last 4 weeks (not worked before)
07 Studying or training (doesn't work and doesn't want to work)
08 Housekeeping (doesn't work and doesn't want to work)
09 Disability, aging, illness (doesn't work and doesn't want to work)
10 Having another source of income, retirement, other (doesn't work and doesn't want to work)
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
This variable indicates the person's work status in terms of being inside or outside the labor force the week before the census.
Universe
Palestine 2017: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: not verifiable]

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