Labor Force Survey 2008

West Bank and Gaza, 2008

Reference ID

WBG_2008_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-q3-2008s

Overview

Valid: 1631

Valid: 134919.277

Invalid: 27667

Invalid: 2531521.402

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 21

End: 21

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why was the number of hours worked last week less than 35 hours?

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.

Interviewer instructions

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

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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