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Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 1997 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 1997
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WBG_1997_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Employment status (PS1997A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: PSE1997_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 156
End: 156
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PS97A414 PS97A416 PS97A417 PS97A418 PS97A419 PS97A420"><span class="em">Relation to labor force for the week previous to the reference day (all persons 10 years and above) </span><br />[Questions 52 to 57 were asked of people aged 10 years or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PS97A414">52. Type of relation with labor force<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked from 1-14 hours<br />[] 2 Worked 15 hours or more<br />[] 3 Unemployed previously working<br />[] 4 Unemployed with no prior work<br />[] 5 Student<br />[] 6 Housewife<br />[] 7 Unable to work<br />[] 8 Not working and not seeking for work<br />[] 9 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Employed
2 Unemployed ever worked
3 Unemployed never worked
4 Student
5 Housewife
6 Unable to work/not working and not looking for work/others
8 Unknown
9 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 employment status.
Universe
Palestine 1997: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

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