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Population and Housing Census 2017, Third Round

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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Activity Status (Q74)

Data file: Members-en 2017

Overview

Valid: 712821
Invalid: 227792
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Type of labor force status
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Worker 1-14 hrs 6536
0.7%
2 worker 15-34 work hrs 18303
1.9%
3 worker 35-45 hrs 78893
8.4%
4 Worker 46 hrs and more 73384
7.8%
5 (does not work but want to work - worked before) Seeked for a work during the last 4 weeks 13644
1.5%
6 (does not work but want to work - didn't worke before) Seeked for a work during the last 4 weeks 52975
5.6%
7 Does not work and does not want to work:Full-time studying / training 261602
27.8%
8 Does not work and does not want to work:Full-time housekeeping 151586
16.1%
9 Does not work and does not want to work:Disablity /aging / illness 35961
3.8%
10 Does not work and does not want to work:Having another source of income/ retirement/ other 13514
1.4%
99 Not stated 6423
0.7%
Sysmiss 227792
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
It refers to Labour Force Status:
A person's work status in terms of being inside or outside the labour force
1. worker 1-14 hours: Persons aged 7 years and over who were at work for at least one hour or were not at work during the reference week but held a job or owned a business from which they were temporarily absent and usually working hours 1-14 hours per week.
2. worker 15-34 work hours: Persons aged 7 years and over who were at work for at least one hour or were not at work during the reference week but held a job or owned a business from which they were temporarily absent and usually working hours 15-34 hours per week.
3. worker 35-45 hours: Persons aged 7 years and over who were at work during the reference week and held a job or owned a business from which they were temporarily absent and usually working hours 35-45 hours per week.
4. worker 46 hours and more: Persons aged 7 years and over who were at work during the reference week and held a job or owned a business from which they were temporarily absent and usually working hours 46 hours or more per week.
5. does not work but want to work - worked before) Seeked for a work during the last 4 weeks: Those individuals aged 7 years and over who worked for more than two weeks continuously during the past reference period, i.e. this individual did not work even for one hour during the reference week (last week that precedes the night of reference period), although he wants to work and actively seeking a job during the last 4 weeks preceding the interview, by one method of the following: registration at employment office, or registration at a labour union, or asking friends or relatives, or a personal visit to the premises, or reading the newspaper in order to obtain jobs, or searching for a building or land or machinery or equipment in order to establish a private project or seek financial resources. Note: this category is those who worked in the previous two weeks continuously for the last three years.

6. does not work but want to work - didn't worke before) Seeked for a work during the last 4 weeks: Those individuals aged 7 years and over who did not work at all during the last period, were not absent from a job, were available for work and actively seeking a job during the last 4 weeks preceding the interview, by one method of the following: registration at an employment office, or registration at a labour union, or asking friends or relatives, or a personal visit to the premises, or reading the newspaper in order to obtain jobs, or searching for a building or land or machinery or equipment in order to establish a private project or seek financial resources.

Does not work and does not want to work:
Individuals aged 7 years or over for whom the concept of employed or unemployed does not apply, are classified outside the labour force in the sense that this individual did not work even one hour during the reference period, nor is looking for work and does not wish to work and falls under this definition:
7. Full-time studying / training: Individuals aged 7 years and above who regularly study in order to obtain a qualified skill and not linked to work during the reference period. It should be noted here that household chores and hobbies are excluded from the concept of employment.
8. Full-time housekeeping: females aged 7 years and above not working and not looking for work and not attending regular study and aims to serve the household. This does not include the servicing other households for payment in kind or cash .
9. Disablity /aging / illness: An individual aged 7 years and above who cannot do any kind of work due to chronic illness or disability. This category also includes all individuals who are unable to work because of old age.
10. Having another source of income/ retirement/ other: If an individual is able to work but does not work and did not wish to work nor look for work because there is revenue or a source of income or because of his retirement or any other reason other than the mentioned above.
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