Expenditure and Consumption Survey, 1998

West Bank and Gaza, 1998

Reference ID

WBG_1998_PECS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Relationship to head (PREL)

Data file: Pal_1998_Person

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 35

End: 35

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Head of household
2	Spouse
3	Son/daughter
4	Father/Mother (parents)
5	Brother/sister
6	Grandchildren
7	Other relatives
8	Other non-relatives

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

Relationship to the head of household, where the value '1' always stands for the head of the household him/herself.
The variable "Other relatives " includes nephew and niece, grandparents, sons and daughters in law, etc.....

Universe

All individuals

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The Arabic translation of the questionnaire and the coding sheet indicates that code "7" is labeled "Grandchildren" and not "Nephew\niece" as in the English version.
The Arabic version is used and the variable is recoded accordingly.

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