Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2023
Household-level microdata for the West Bank and Gaza
West Bank and Gaza, 2023
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Reference ID
PSE_2023_PECS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Metadata
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May 19, 2026
Last modified
May 19, 2026
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- indv_final
- hhweight
- mproduct_list
Relation to labor force (s3ql1)
Data file: indv_final
Overview
Valid:
16875
Invalid:
4922
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
12
Type:
Discrete
Width:
83
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. Employee | 5179 |
30.7%
|
| 2 | 2. Temporarily absent | 141 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | 3. Unemployed, seeking work, previously worked (searched for a work) | 467 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | 4. Unemployed, seeking work, never worked (searched for a work) | 435 |
2.6%
|
| 5 | 5. Searched for a work in the past four weeks, not available to work | 43 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | 6. Didn’t search for work in past 4 weeks and available (last week) | 87 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | 7. Willing to work in next 4 weeks but currently not looking and not ready for work | 26 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | 8. Studying/ training | 5097 |
30.2%
|
| 9 | 9. Housekeeping | 3961 |
23.5%
|
| 10 | 10. Disability/Old/Illness | 1121 |
6.6%
|
| 11 | 11. Availability of income/retirement | 264 |
1.6%
|
| 12 | 12. Others | 54 |
0.3%
|
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.