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Appendix A.7

Labour Table Appendix

Table A.7.23 Labour force participation ratios for working women by location of work

(UNW = Unweighted number of respondents)

Occupied territories All women

All women Percent of these women in labour force Percent of these women not in labour force Gaza West Bank Arab Jerusalem

Job outside home 10 85 (15) (4) 12 (14)

Professional job 4 85 (15) (3) 4 (8)

Factory (2) (95) - - - -

Agricultural (1) - - - - -

Domestic paid work - - - - - -

Other 1 (63) - - - -

Job in home 6 40 60 (4) 8 -

Beauty care (1) - - - - -

Food processing - - - - - -

Raising animals 2 - 69 (3) (2)

Selling consumer goods (1) - 35 - - -

Piece work 1 - 89 - - -

Other incomegenerating activity (2) - - - (3) -

N (UNW) 1228 483 503 242

N (NIW) 1199 419 675 105

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