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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Employment status (PS2007A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: PSE2007_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 161

End: 161

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar v="PS07A417 PS07A418 PS07A419 PS07A420 PS07A421 PS07A422">Relation to labor force last week <br />[Questions 73-78: Persons age 7 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PS07A417">73. Relation to labor force<br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Worked 1-14 hours<br />[] 2 Worked 15-34 hours<br />[] 3 Worked 35 years or more</div><br /><div class="i1">(Doesn't work but wants to work/worked before)</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 4 Sought work last week<br />[] 5 Did not seek work because of desperation</div><br /><div class="i1">(Does not work but wants to work/never worked before)</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 6 Sought work last week<br />[] 7 Did not seek work because of desperation</div><br /><div class="i1">(Does not work and does not want to work because)</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 8 Studying / training<br />[] 9 Housekeeping<br />[] 10 Disability / aging / illness<br />[] 11 Having another source of income/retire<br />[] 12 Other</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
1	Employed
2	Unemployed, wants to work
3	Unemployed and does not want to work
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's employment status.

Universe

Palestine 2007: Persons age 7+ except those in Jerusalem annexed by Israel in 1967 [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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