Palestinian Population Housing and Establishment Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 1997

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Reference ID

WBG_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Main occupation (PS1997A_0416)

Data file: PSE1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 149

End: 150

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For employed and unemployed persons who previously worked
[Questions 53 to 57]

53. Main occupation ____

Categories

Value	Category
1	Legislators and managers
2	Professionals
3	Technicians and associate professionals
4	Clerks
5	Services and sales workers
6	Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
7	Crafts and related workers
8	Plant, machine operators and assemblers
9	Elementary occupations
98	Unknown
99	NIU (not in universe)

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 indicates the person's main occupation.

Universe

Persons age 10+ working or experienced unemployed

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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