Male employment, by main area of work

Table 2.44 Type, sector and place of employment, by area of work and main geographical area of residence, males 1993. Percentage of persons working one week or more during a four-week period prior to the survey (October/November 1993)

Main area of work:	Occupied Territories		Israel
Main area of residence:	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Work-place in main job last month
Gaza, own locality	93
Gaza, other village	2
Gaza, other town	4
WBC, own camp		31
WB, other village		6
WB, other town	0
53
Arab Jerusalem	0
10
Israel including West Jerusalem			100	100
Type of work in main job last month
High professional	4	2
Middle professional	10	11	0
Vocational	24	27	63	33
Mercantile	18	13	1	1
Agriculture	16	4	8	1
Traditional craft	4	4	1	3
Service	17	21	6	29
Unskilled	8	18	20	34
Sector of work in main job last month
Construction	12	16	66	48
Industry	11	13	6	6
Commerce/restaurants	19	13	1	2
Public services	31	35	11	35
Farming/fishing	16	4	8	1
Transport/communication	4	8	4	2
Other	7	11	4	5
n	587	368	171	133

Table 2.45 Type, place and sector of employment, by area of work and main geographical area of residence, males 1992. Percentage of persons working one week or more during a four-week period in October/ November 1992

Main area of work:	Occupied Territories		Israel
Main area of residence:	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Work-place in main job last year
Gaza, own locality	92
Gaza, other village	3
Gaza, other town	4	0
WBC, own camp		27
WB, other village		8
WB, other town	0
56
Arab Jerusalem	1
9
Israel including West Jerusalem			100	100
Type of work in main job last year
High professional	4	3
Middle professional	12	13	0	0
Vocational	24	21	59	36
Mercantile	19	14	2	1
Agriculture	17	6	9	3
Traditional craft	2	5	2	2
Service	13	20	9	25
Unskilled	9	18	19	32
Sector of work in main job last year
Construction	11	11	62	48
Industry	11	13	10	10
Commerce/restaurants	19	14	2	2
Public services	29	37	11	31
Farming/fishing	17	6	9	3
Transport/communication	5	8	4	1
Other	8	11	3	5
n	486	274	281	191

Table 2.46 Number of work weeks, status and type of pay, by area of work and main geographical area of residence, 1993. Percentage of persons working one week or more during a four-week period prior to the survey (October/ November 1993)

Main area of work:	Occupied Territories		Israel
Main area of residence:	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Work-place in main job last month
1	9	11	11	14
2	15	21	24	33
3	11	21	24	33
4	65	46	41	20
Work status main job, last month
UNRWA employed	7	8	1
Civil Administration	12	4	0	1
Other employee	7	15	4	6
Self-employed	35	25	16	1
Unpaid family worker	4	3
Employer	7	9		1
Other	29	36	78	92
Type of payment main job last month
Daily wage	28	30	57	49
Weekly wage	4	10	20	15
Monthly wage	30	31	21	34
Unpaid family	5	9
Sub-contr./piece-work	32	20	3	2
n	587	368	171	133

Table 2.47 Number of work weeks, status and type of pay, by area of work and main geographical area of residence, 1992. Percentage of persons working one week or more during a four-week period in October/ November 1992

Main area of work:	Occupied Territories		Israel
Main area of residence:	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Work-place in main job last year
1	3	6	3	3
2	9	15	14	14
3	14	21	20	31
4	74	58	64	52
Work status main job, last year
UNRWA employed	8	11	0
Civil Administration	12	5	0	1
Other employee	6	16	4	10
Self-employed	39	24	16	4
Unpaid family worker	4	3
Employer	7	6		1
Other	25	35	86	84
Type of payment main job last year
Daily wage	27	33	60	44
Weekly wage	3	7	17	14
Monthly wage	31	37	20	37
Unpaid family	5	6	1
Sub-contr./piece-work	34	17	3	5
n	486	274	281	191

Table 2.48, Type, place and sector of employment for persons employed in the Occupied Territories in 1993, but working in Israel in 1992. Percentage of persons working one week or more in Israel during a four-week period in October/ November 1992

	Gaza	West Bank camps
Work-place in main job last month
Gaza, own locality	97
Gaza, other village	2
Gaza, other town	2
WBC, own camp		42
WB, other village		7
WB, other town		48
Arab Jerusalem		3
Type of work in main job last month
Middle professional		1
Vocational	36	47
Mercantile	2	7
Agriculture	23
Traditional craft	5	2
Service	26	21
Unskilled	8	22
Sector of work in main job last month
Construction	24	40
Industry	11	19
Commerce/restaurants	2	7
Public services	31	28
Farming/fishing	23
Transport/communication	5	7
Other	5
n	56	47

Table 2.49 Work-weeks, status and type of pay for persons employed in the Occupied Territories in 1993, but working in Israel in 1992. Percentage of persons working one week or more in Israel during a four-week period in October/ November 1992

	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 2.50, Persons outside the labour force at the time of the survey (October/November 1993) who had worked at least one week the same month in 1992, by main geographical area of residence and gender

	Gaza	West Bank camps
Male	96	92
Female	4	8

Table 2.51 Average age and years of education, by main geographical area of residence and labour-force status

	Average age	n	Average education	n
Gaza labour force	34.0	938	10.7	938
Gaza labour force who lost job from 1992 to 1993	32.2	99	8.5	99
Gaza labour force who lost job in Israel from 1992 to 1993	29.7	66	8.5	66
WBC labour force	32.9	603	9.6	602
WBC labour force who lost job from 1992 to 1993	30.1	57	8.9	54
WBC labour force who lost job in Israel from 1992 to 1993	29.0	40	8.8	36

Table 2.52 Average age and years of education of workers in the sample employed in Israel, by year and main geographical area of residence

	Average age	Average education	n
Gaza 1993	33.1	9.5	172
Gaza 1992	31.4	9.3	282
WBC 1993	34.5	8.0	137
WBC 1992	32.8	9.8	195

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