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Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 2007 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 2007
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WBG_2007_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Class of worker (PS2007A_CLASSWK)

Data file: PSE2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 167
End: 167
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PS07A418 PS07A419 PS07A420 PS07A421 PS07A422">For employed individuals and unemployed ones where were employed in the past week (who answered 1 to 5 in question 73; put (-) for those who answered 6-12<br />[Questions 74-78 were asked of persons age 7 or older who have ever worked, as per question 73]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PS07A421">77. Main employment status<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Employer<br />[] 2 Self employed<br />[] 3 Regular wage<br />[] 4 Irregular wage<br />[] 5 Unpaid family work</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employer
2 Self employed
3 Employee
4 Unpaid family member
8 Unknown
9 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 class of worker.
Universe
Palestine 2007: Persons age 7+ who were employed or experienced unemployed, except those in Jerusalem annexed by Israel in 1967 [discrepancies: not verifiable]

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