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Labor Force Survey 2012, Economic Research Forum (ERF) Harmonization Data

West Bank and Gaza, 2012
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WBG_2012_LFS_v01_M_v01_A_ERF
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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Geographical workplace of the main job (GWRKPLC)

Data file: Palestine12-LFS IND-V1

Overview

Valid: 0
Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 111
End: 116
Width: 6
Range: -
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Categories
Value Category
275001 West bank
275002 Gaza strip
275003 Israel, camps or industrial borders
777777 Working abroad
888888 Mobile workers
999999 Not stated
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
This variable provides information about the geographical place of work (e.g. district/ governorate/ region) of the main job.
Universe
Employed individuals aged 10+

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Notes
GENERAL NOTES
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The geographical workplace is generated using the highest level of aggregation provided in the original data, and broke down by urban/rural if possible.


COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The variable pw18, as provided in the raw data, identifies those who are working in the west bank, Gaza strip, Israel or abroad.
For those employed but temporary unpaid because of waiting for the start date of an agreed work (MAS_D=132), all main job characteristics were recoded "not stated" since they did not effectively start working.
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