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Population Housing and Establishment Census 1997

West Bank and Gaza, 1997
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Sector Where Person Work (c55)

Data file: census1997-e

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Valid: 519394
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Sector
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 407629
78.5%
1 Private National 45174
8.7%
2 Private Foreign 21447
4.1%
3 Government National 20044
3.9%
4 Out of Establishments 18348
3.5%
5 Others(Govern. Foreign +Non Profit Org. +UNRWA +Int. Org.) 5547
1.1%
9 Not Stated 1205
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.

Description

Definition
Sector:

It refers to the sector to which the establishment where persons work or used to work, if they are currently unemployed. The sector is categorized as follows:

1. Private national

It refers to cases in which a Palestinian individual or group of individuals possesses a minimum of 51% of the capital of the establishment, in which persons work or used to work.

2. Private foreign

It refers to cases in which a foreign individual or group of individuals possess a minimum of 51% of the capital of the establishment in which persons work or used to work.

3. National Government

It refers to the institutions belonging to the central government, local authorities, and public sector companies.

4. Foreign Government

It refers to the institutions belonging to a foreign government.

5. Non-profit organization (Charitable societies)

It refers to the institutions belonging to the charitable societies and any non-profit non - governmental organizations.

6. UNRWA

It refers to the institutions belonging to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for the Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

7. International organization

It refers to the institutions belonging to the United Nations' diplomatic missions or any international or regional organizations other than (UNRWA).


8. Not in establishment (Outside establishments)

It applies when the persons do not work for any institution belonging to the aforementioned sectors.
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