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Population Housing and Establishment Census 1997

West Bank and Gaza, 1997
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PSE-PCBS-CEN-1997-V1.0
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Economic Activity (c54)

Data file: census1997-e

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Valid: 519394
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 99
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Main Economic Activity
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 407630
78.5%
1 Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry 11971
2.3%
2 Fishing 185
0%
3 Mining and Quarrying 435
0.1%
4 Manufacturing 16532
3.2%
5 Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 209
0%
6 Construction 28812
5.5%
7 Whole sale and Retail Trade 15176
2.9%
8 Hotels and Restaurants 1817
0.3%
9 Transport, Storage and Communication 5064
1%
10 Financial Intermediation 903
0.2%
11 Real-estate, Renting and Business Activities 1549
0.3%
12 Public Administration and Defense 13127
2.5%
13 Education 8928
1.7%
14 Health and Social Work 3373
0.6%
15 Other Community Social and Personal service Activities 1957
0.4%
16 Private Households with Employed Persons 54
0%
17 Extraterritorial Organizations and Bodies 516
0.1%
99 Not Stated 1156
0.2%
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.

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Definition
Economic Activity:

It refers to the type of the main activity initiated in the establishment in which the employed person works or the unemployed person use to work. The main economic activity for persons employed outside the context of establishment is determined by the type of work they perform.
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