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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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Feb 19, 2014
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Labor Force Status (4) (empchfin)

Data file: lfs-q2-s

Overview

Valid: 23004
Valid: 2100806.504
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 58
End: 58
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
1 Full Employment
2 Underemployment
3 Unemployment
4 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.

Description

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

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
It includes all employed persons who are at working age and working like employer, ownaccount 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. Unemployed
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