Labor Force Survey 2006

West Bank and Gaza, 2006

Reference ID

WBG_2006_LFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Why was the number of hours worked last week less than 35 hours (pw07)

Data file: lfs-q1-s

Overview

Valid: 1412

Valid: 126346.273

Invalid: 21922

Invalid: 1954471.226

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 24

End: 24

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Personal reasons(ill,vacation,,,)
2	No desire to work more
3	Nature of Work
4	Strike
5	Closure
6	ould not find additional work
7	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.

Question post text

Did…want to change his/her job or to get additional work last week

Description

Definition

Hours worked:
Total number of hours actually worked during the reference period as well as overtime and
time spent at the place of work on activities such as preparation of the workplace. Leaves,
meal breaks and time spent on travel from home to work and vice versa are excluded from
work hours.

Universe

The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in the Palestinian Territory

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