Labor Force Survey 2011

West Bank and Gaza, 2011

Reference ID

WBG_2011_LFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Why did not…seek a job last week? (PW16)

Data file: lfs10_2011

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Did... seek for a job last week or last Four weeks?
What were the steps taken to get a job?

Literal question

Why did not…seek a job last week

Categories

Value	Category
1	Studying, training
2	Home duties
3	Old, Illness
4	Found\established a job which starts later
5	Waiting results form previous job\applications
6	Waiting clients
7	Closure/ curfew
8	Still trying to have permit to wok in Israel and settlements
9	Vacation / official vacation during the reference period
10	Do not have any qualification or occupation
11	Didn’t seek job due low wages
12	Find a job doesn’t fit with qualifications
13	Discouraged to find job
14	Not interested in job Finding due to other income sources
15	The household do nor permit to work (only for women)
16	Others

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

Definition

Seeking Work:
Seeking work is defined as having taken specific steps in the reference week to find paid
employment or self-employment

Universe

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

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