Labor Force Survey 2008

West Bank and Gaza, 2008

Reference ID

WBG_2008_LFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

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Why was…absentfrom his/her job last week (pw04)

Data file: lfs-2008s

Overview

Valid: 2352

Valid: 275891.18

Invalid: 105009

Invalid: 10221810.949

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 19

End: 19

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why was…absentfrom his/her job last week?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Ill
2	Vacation
3	Strike,curfew
4	Closure(with permit and with payment)
5	Temporary stoppage
6	other
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.

Interviewer instructions

Mark (x) in the circle if an extra questionnaire was completed for the household
Ill Skip toPW08

Question post text

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

Description

Definition

Absent from usual work:
All those who were absent from their usual work during the reference week, due to illness, holiday, strike, curfew, lock-out, temporary work stoppage, or due to some other reasons

Universe

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

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