Three types of labour under-utilization

Table 2.28 Types of under-utilization of labour, by gender and main geographical area. Percentage of under-utilized adults in respective groups

	Male		Female
	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Unemployed	13	7	21	12
Discouraged worker	44	28	53	71
Employed, more work wanted	42	65	26	17
n	729	447	84	151

Table 2.29 Employment situation, by gender and main geographical area. Percentage of adults in respective groups

	Gaza	West Bank camps
Weeks worked in main job last month
1	19	17
2	26	41
3	9	27
4	46	15
Work status in main job last month
UNRWA employed		1
Civil Administration	7
Other employee	7	13
Self-employed	20	34
Unpaid family worker	5
Employer	5	16
Other	55	35
Type of payment in main job last month
Daily wage	40	27
Weekly wage	8	15
Monthly wage	22	16
Unpaid family	5	4
Sub-contr./piece-work	25	39
n	56	47

Table 2.30 Employment situation, by gender and sub-region. Percentage of adults in respective groups

	Gaza			West Bank camps
	North	Central	South	North	South/ Central
Male
Employed, no more work wanted	28	20	21	20	22
Not in LF, OK	33	39	33	28	30
Under-utilized	39	41	46	51	48
n	885	272	590	435	468
Female
Employed, no more work wanted	4	2	5	4	6
Not in LF, OK	93	93	88	89	71
Under-utilized	3	5	7	7	23
n	927	285	588	459	503

Table 2.31 Employment situation, by gender and refugee status. Percentage of adults in respective groups

	Refugee status
		Gaza
	Non- refugee	Refugee outside camps	Refugee in camps	Refugee in West Bank camps	Non-registered refugee	Non-refugee in camps
Male
Employed, no more work wanted	28	23	21	21	12	48
Not in LF, OK	33	34	35	29	41	21
Under-utilized	39	43	44	50	47	31
n	643	374	704	874	30	24
Female
Employed, no more work wanted	4	4	4	5	3	0
Not in LF, OK	93	93	89	80	87	78
Under-utilized	2	4	7	15	10	22
n	630	384	764	937	28	19

Table 2.32 Employment situation, by gender and age. Percentage of persons in respective groups

	15-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Gaza male
Employed, no more work wanted	5	23	38	40	39	17
Not in LF, OK	74	11	7	13	40	79
Under-utilized	20	66	55	46	21	4
n	389	523	351	172	116	195
West Bank camps male
Employed, no more work wanted	10	20	27	28	43	15
Not in LF, OK	65	17	5	8	24	74
Under-utilized	26	63	68	64	33	11
n	168	338	149	90	61	96
Gaza female
Employed, no more work wanted	1	3	5	6	5	5
Not in LF, OK	97	87	90	88	93	94
Under-utilized	2	9	4	5	2	0
n	334	536	320	209	177	224
West Bank camps female
Employed, no more work wanted	3	6	7	3	3	4
Not in LF, OK	80	69	78	89	94	92
Under-utilized	17	25	14	8	4	5
n	208	309	172	82	94	97

Table 2.33 Employment situation, by gender and education. Percentage of adults in respective groups

	Years of education
	0	1-6	7-9	10-12	13+	Student
Gaza male
Employed, no more work wanted	18	34	28	24	41	1
Not in LF, OK	69	24	13	9	4	95
Under-utilized	13	42	58	66	55	4
n	173	371	295	398	193	319
West Bank camps male
Employed, no more work wanted	18	32	25	19	22	1
Not in LF, OK	69	27	11	5	5	96
Under-utilized	13	41	64	76	72	3
n	69	202	214	180	107	130
Gaza female
Employed, no more work wanted	5	2	2	2	25	1
Not in LF, OK	94	95	95	95	35	99
Under-utilized	1	3	3	4	40
n	478	222	347	470	113	170
West Bank camps female
Employed, no more work wanted	3	5	5	6	18
Not in LF, OK	92	84	76	72	35	95
Under-utilized	5	12	19	22	47	5
n	202	172	227	168	74	119

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