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Governance Survey in The Palestinian Territories, 2008

West Bank and Gaza, 2008
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PSE-PCBS-DGS-2008-V1.0
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Do you think that the increase in unemployment in the Palestinian Territory is due to Individuals lack the desire to work (DG80_4)

Data file: Main data

Overview

Valid: 842
Valid (weighted): 1039
Invalid: 1686
Invalid (weighted): 2257
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V507

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Do you think that the increase in unemployment in the Palestinian Territory is due to Individuals lack the desire to work
Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 yes 318 354
10.7%
2 no 511 669
20.3%
3 I don’t know/no answer 0 0
0%
9 13 16
0.5%
Sysmiss 1686 2257
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
Unemployed: Unemployed persons are those individuals aged 15 years and over
who did not work at all during the reference period, who were not
absent from a job, were available for work and actively seeking a
job during the reference period by one of the following methods
news paper, registered at employment office, ask friends or relatives
or any other method.
Universe
All Palestinian individuals aged 18 years and over whose usual place of residence with their households was in the Palestinian Territory in year 2007.
Source of information
The head of house hold
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