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Labor Force Survey 2000

West Bank and Gaza, 2000
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WBG_2000_LFS_v01_M
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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    Survey ID number

    WBG_2000_LFS_v01_M

    Title

    Labor Force Survey 2000

    Country
    Name Country code
    West Bank and Gaza WBG
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

    Series Information

    This programme consists of an integrated series of labour force surveys, the first of which was issued in October 1995. The Palestinian Labour Force Survey Programme conducts surveys quarterly.The main objective of collecting data on the Palestinian labour force 2000 including components of employment, unemployment and underemployment, is to provide basic information on the relative size and structure of the Palestinian labour force. Data collected at different points in time provide a basis for monitoring current trends and changes in the labour market and in employment. These data supported with information on other aspects of the economy provide a basis for the evaluation and analysis of macro-economic policies.

    Abstract

    The LFS 2000 focuses mainly on labour force key indicators, main characteristics of the employed, unemployed, underemployed and persons outside labour force, labour force according to level of education, distribution of the employed population by occupation, economic activity, place of work, employment status, hours and days worked and average daily wage in NIS for the employees.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Household, individual

    Version

    Version Date

    2013-07-10

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the LFS includes:

    • Demographic characteristics about the household, e.g. number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level
    • Employment characteristics for household members 10 years and older: labour force status, employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    Employment [3.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    Labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    Unemployment [3.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    Keywords
    Unemployed Employed Occupation Economically active population (Labour Force)

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The Data are representative at region level (West Bank, Gaza Strip), locality type (urban, rural, camp) and governorates

    Universe

    The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in West Bank and Gaza

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority Product the survey
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    The Palestinian National Authority Financial assistance
    The Core Funding Group Financial assistance
    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Financial assistance
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    The Core Funding Group represented by the representative office CFG responded to the survey instrument
    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC responded to the survey instrument

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The methodology was designed according to the context of the survey, international standards, data processing requirements and comparability of outputs with other related surveys.

    Target Population:
    All Palestinians aged 10 years and over living in the Palestinian Territory, excluding persons living in institutions such as prisons or shelters.

    Sampling Frame:
    The sampling frame consisted of a master sample of enumeration areas (EAs) selected from the population housing and establishment census 1997, the master sample consists of area units of relatively equal size (number of households) , these units have been used as primary sampling units (PSUs).

    Sample Design:
    The sample is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample.

    Stratification:
    Four levels of stratification were made:

    1. Stratification by Governorates.
    2. Stratification by type of locality which comprises:
      (a) Urban (b) Rural (c) Refugee Camps
    3. Stratification by classifying localities, excluding governorate centers, into three strata based on the ownership of households of durable goods within these localities.
    4. Stratification by size of locality (number of households).

    Sample Size:
    The sample size in the 16th round consisted of 7,559 households, which amounts 29,650 persons aged 10 years and over (including 23,677 aged 15 years and over). In the 17th round the sample consisted of 7,559 households, which amounts to 29,894 persons aged 10 years and over (including 23,890 aged 15 years and over), in the 18th round the sample consisted of 7,559 households, which amounts to 29,709 persons aged 10 years and over (including 23,670 aged 15 years and over). In the 19th round the sample consisted of 7,559 households; of these only 7,349 households have been interviewed due to the Israeli comprehensive closure and aggression against the Palestinian people, which amounts to 28,380 persons aged 10 years and over (including 22,495 aged 15 years and over). The sample size allowed for non-response and related losses. In addition, the average number of households selected in each cell was 16.

    Sample Rotation:
    Each round of the Labor Force Survey covers all the 481 master sample areas. Basically, the areas remain fixed over time, but households in 50% of the EAs are replaced each round. The same household remains in the sample over 2 consecutive rounds, rests for the next two rounds and represented again in the sample for another and last two consecutive rounds before it is dropped from the sample. A 50 % overlap is then achieved between both consecutive rounds and between consecutive years (making the sample efficient for monitoring purposes). In earlier applications of the LFS (rounds 1 to 11); the rotation pattern used was different;
    requiring a household to remain in the sample for six consecutive rounds, then dropped. The objective of such a pattern was to increase the overlap between consecutive rounds. The new rotation pattern was introduced to reduce the burden on the households resulting from visiting the same household for six consecutive times.

    Response Rate

    The overall response rate for the survey was 89.5%

    Weighting

    Calculation of Household Weights: The weight of statistical units (sampling units) in the sample is defined as the mathematical inverse of the selection probability where the sample of the survey is a two-stage stratified cluster sample. Thus, in the first stage we calculate the weight of enumeration areas depending on the probability of each enumeration area (a systematic random sample). In the second stage we calculate the weight of households in each enumeration area. Initial household weights resulted from the product of the weight of the first stage and the weight of the second stage. Final household weights were obtained after adjustment of initial weights with the household estimates of the middle of each quarter of 2000 with regard to design strata (governorate, locality type).

    For individuals over 10 years, we added the final household weight for each person, then adjusted the initial individual weight with the estimates of individuals of the middle of each quarter of 2000 according to region (West Bank, Gaza Strip), sex ( male, female), five -year age groups (14 groups), then we obtained the final adjusted individual weight.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The LFS questionnaire consists of four main sections:
    Identification Data:
    The main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.
    Quality Control:
    This part involves groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.
    Household Roster:
    This part involves demographic characteristics about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level…etc.
    Employment Part:
    This part involves the major research indicators, where one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2000-01-01 2000-04-01 Q1
    2000-07-01 2000-10-01 Q3
    Time periods
    Start date End date Cycle
    2000-01-01 2000-03-31 Q1
    2000-04-01 2000-06-30 Q2
    2000-07-01 2000-09-30 Q3
    2000-10-01 2000-12-31 Q4
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
    Supervision

    Re-interview
    Field visits
    Technical procedures to protect data

    Data Collection Notes

    The purpose of the training courses was to teach participants the main skills needed to conduct interviews. Two training courses were held, one in Ramallah for the West Bank trainees, and one in Gaza City for Gaza Strip trainees. Each course consisted of two parts: one on survey methodology including survey design, questionnaire design, interviewing techniques, and field operations; and one part on specifications of the labour force survey, including concepts and definitions, fieldwork procedures, data collection, editing, coding, tips for asking questions and recording answers, as well as field team organization and field supervision

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data editing took place at a number of stages through the processing including:

    1. Office editing and coding
    2. During data entry
    3. Structure checking and completeness
    4. Structural checking of SPSS data files

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    Detailed information on the sampling Error is available in the Survey Report.

    Data Appraisal

    Detailed information on the data appraisal is available in the Survey Report

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority www.pcbs.gov.ps diwan@pcbs.gov.ps
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000 Article (17) 1. All individual information and data submitted to the Bureau for statistical purposes shall be treated as confidential and shall not be divulged, in whole or in part, to any individual or to a public or private body, or used for any purpose other than for preparing statistical tables. 2. The Bureau shall endeavor to issue official statistical publications in aggregate tables, which do not disclose individual data, in conformity with the confidentiality of statistical data.
    Access conditions
    1. Pledges the utilization of "data" or any copies thereof shall be limited to the purposes agreed upon including not granting any third parties any access to these data. Restrictions applies to any data duplication or transformed setting for purposes other than meeting the requirements of the statistical programs used in data analysis.
    2. Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .
    3. Pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; nevertheless, this does not apply on subjecting data to any processes or procedures aiming to derive new variables. The first party does not bear any professional, administrative or financial responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of changes in the variables values.
    Citation requirements

    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,Labor Force Survey 2000 . V 1.0 (05-2001). Ramallah - West Bank and Gaza.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Copyright

    © All Rights Reserved.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Labor Force Survey 2000.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Division of User Services Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps
    World Bank Microdata Library World Bank

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WBG_2000_LFS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian Nationa Authority Production and execute the survey
    Date of Metadata Production

    2013-07-10

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.1 (January 2014)
    Adaptation of Version 1.0 (July / 2013)/DDI-PSE-PCBS-LFS-2000-V1.0

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