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Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007

West Bank and Gaza, 2007
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WBG_2007_PHC_v01_M
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    WBG_2007_PHC_v01_M
    Title

    Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007
    Country
    Name Country code
    West Bank and Gaza WBG
    Study type

    Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
    Series Information

    This is a second census in West Bank and Gaza since the first census carried out in 1997
    Abstract

    The main objective of the PHC-2007 is to provide figures for the Palestinian population and their geographical distribution in accordance with a number of relatively stable basic characteristics to inform socioeconomic development purposes. Preparations for conducting censuses take usually 3-5 years for piloting, testing tools, work plans, human and physical needs and timetable. The census is one of the most important statistical activities as it provides statistical data on the distribution of population, and their demographic, social and economic characteristics in a certain reference period of time for all the individuals within the borders of the state.
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]
    Unit of Analysis

    Households
    Individuals
    Establishments

    Version

    Version Date

    2011-06-20

    Scope

    Notes

    The Household questionnaire covers the following:

    Housing and housing conditions

    • Information technology for household
    • Availability of durable household items
    • Main source of energy used in heating and cooking
    • Methods of solid waste disposal
    • Toilet availability
    • Bathroom availability
    • Kitchen availability
    • Connection to public networks
    • Main source of water supply
    • No. of rooms for sleeping
    • No. of rooms of the housing unit
    • Tenure of the housing unit
    • Type of housing unit
    • Number of nuclear household in the housing unit

    Household Identification Data
    Occupancy type

    Household Individuals data - Palestinians only
    Moving, Hearing and Visual difficulty and reasons for difficulty
    Refugee status (registered/non registered/non refugee)
    Religion
    Residency
    Nationality
    Date of birth
    Death in the household during past 12 months
    Births in the last 12 months
    Agriculture holding
    Employment status

    The census questionnaire for the buildings coves the following:
    Identification data, such as: governorate, locality name, locality code, booklet no. in locality, total booklets in locality, no. of completed pages in booklet, enumeration area.

    Data for all buildings, such as:

    • Building Serial No. in the page
    • Building No. in Enumeration Area
    • Name of the Owner of the Building or Building Name and Address
    • Building Municipality No.
    • Type of Building
    • Type of Ownership
    • Material of External Walls
    • No. of Stories
    • Current Use of Building
    • Establishments Year
    • Total No. Houses in Building

    Data for all Houses, such as:

    • No. of Houses in the Building
    • Current Use of Houses
    • The reason for Closed, Vacant and Deserted Houses

    Data for all Houses used for habitation or work and habitation, such as:

    • Name of the Head of Household
    • No. of Household Members

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    West Bank and Gaza Strip
    Geographic Unit

    Palestinian Territory
    Universe

    The PHC-2007 covered all individuals who were in the Palestinian Territory on the census reference night (30/11-1/12/2007) regardless of nationality and citizenship. It also covered all Palestinians who have usual residence in the Palestinian Territory (including those who were temporarily absent for less than one year for the purpose of visit, tourism, treatment, etc. while their households are still living at their permanent places of residence in the Palestinian Territory). All Palestinian students abroad while their households are still living at their permanent places of residence were also included, in addition to all prisoners and detainees in the Israeli jails regardless of the duration of detention. The census excluded all Palestinians holding identity cards who were absent for more than one year (except for the students), even if their households are still living in their places of residence in the Palestinian Territory.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority carrying out the census from idea to the results
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Palestinian National Authority very critical and complicated political, administrative, financial and organizational environment.
    United Nations United Nations United Nations Population Fund Co-financed
    The core funding group Co-financed
    (Norway, Netherlands, and Switzerland), Co-financed
    OPEC Fund for International Development Co-financed
    Australia, and United Nations Children Fund Co-financed
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Palestinian National Authority PS very critical and complicated political, administrative, financial and organizational environment.
    United Nations United Nations United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Co-financed
    The core funding group CFG Co-financed
    (Norway, Netherlands, and Switzerland), Co-financed
    OPEC Fund for International Development OFID Co-financed
    Australia, and United Nations Children Fund Co-financed
    The Census National Director Helping in carrying out the census
    Executive Director Helping in carrying out the census
    All census national team members Helping in carrying out the census
    The national and executive director, census directors in the governorates and their assistants, coordinators of publicity campaign and their assistants, field supervisors, field observers, enumerators, administrators and other team members) to plan, manage, implement, supervise, monitor, and coordinate census activities. Helping in carrying out the census

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    It consists of all the enumerated households in the Census 2007 and who are staying in the west bank at the time of enumeration.We select a systematic random sample from each enumeration area in the Census, and we select a 20% of the total households concluding all the individuals in the household.
    Response Rate

    100%
    Weighting

    We will calculate the weights for the sample depending on the method of selection. Those weights should be used in the Estimation.

    We will use the weights when we want to estimate the Mean , Ratio, Proportion and Total. We can do that when using the software package such as SPSS by activating the weight variable. Or we can multiply all the variables by the weight variable. Noting that the output estimates doesn't include the under coverage which calculated after the post-enumeration.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The household questionnaire is divided into the following parts

    1. Housing and housing conditions
    2. Household individuals data
    3. Summary of household members
    4. Overseas tourism and kindergarten
    5. Agriculture holding
    6. Death in the household during past 12 months

    The census questionnaire for the buildings is divided into four parts:
    Part one: includes identification data, such as: governorate, locality name, locality code, booklet no. in locality, total booklets in locality, no. of completed pages in booklet, enumeration area.
    Part two: includes data for all buildings, such as:

    1. Building Serial No. in the page
    2. Building No. in Enumeration Area
    3. Name of the Owner of the Building or Building Name and Address
    4. Building Municipality No.
    5. Type of Building
    6. Type of Ownership
    7. Material of External Walls
    8. No. of Stories
    9. Current Use of Building
    10. Establishments Year
    11. Total No. Houses in Building
      Part three: includes data for all Houses, such as:
    12. No. of Houses in the Building
    13. Current Use of Houses
    14. The reason for Closed, Vacant and Deserted Houses
      Part four: includes data for all Houses used for habitation or work and habitation, such as:
    15. Name of the Head of Household
      No. of Household Members

    The household questionnaire is provided as external resources.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2007-12-01 2007-12-16
    Time periods
    Start date End date
    2007-11-30 2007-12-01
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
    Supervision

    Ensuring the accuracy of the work
    Identifing enumeration areas on the ground
    Data Collection Notes

    Fieldwork Operations

    1. Training
      Observers were trained in different offices in all the governorates in the Palestinian Territory by the managers and their assistants and supervisors, and had organized field visits to various training rooms in order to ensure that training was conducted according to the instructions.

    2. Fieldwork
      Fieldwork was implemented at this stage in different operations by the supervisors and observers who were trained well in order to ensure the accuracy of the work.

    These operations are:
    1.Enumeration areas were identified on the ground by the supervisors; special marking materials were used at all external borders of each enumeration area.
    2.The buildings and houses were numbered on the ground by the observer, by putting a census count No. for each building and every house, and the data of buildings, houses and households was collected in the booklets.
    3. Field Visits
    Field visits were arranged by trained personnel in order to monitor the field operations and to discover any deviations that occurred, in addition to identifying the extent of implications of instructions.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The data processing stage contain of the following operations:

    1. Editing before Data Entry
      At this stage all booklets were edited in the office using the instructions previously prepared for checking to ensure consistent data.
    2. Data Entry Program
      The data entry program was prepared and designed according to the census questionnaire. The program was prepared by using the Oracle database.
    3. Data Entry
      After the completion of the design and the testing of the data entry program and training of data keyers, work began on data entry.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    The assessment of data of the Buildings and Housing Units Census of 2007 was based on the following items:

    1. Comprehensive Data
      Localities maps were updated in order to achieve comprehensive coverage of all of the buildings and housing units in the Palestinian Territory. The localities were divided into clearly marked enumeration areas.

    2. Data Comparison and Examination
      The data of the Buildings and Housing Units Census of the Palestinian Territory of 2007 were compared to the data of the Buildings and Housing Units Census of the Palestinian Territory of 1997. Moreover, inconsistency between questions and the internal inconsistency of the data were examined as part of the review of logic and completion of the data.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority www.pcbs.gov.ps diwan@pcbs.gov.ps
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000 Article (17) 1. All individual information and data submitted to the Bureau for statistical purposes shall be treated as confidential and shall not be divulged, in whole or in part, to any individual or to a public or private body, or used for any purpose other than for preparing statistical tables. 2. The Bureau shall endeavor to issue official statistical publications in aggregate tables, which do not disclose individual data, in conformity with the confidentiality of statistical data.
    Access conditions

    1. Pledges the utilization of "data" or any copies thereof shall be limited to the purposes agreed upon including not granting any third parties any access to these data. Restrictions applies to any data duplication or transformed setting for purposes other than meeting the requirements of the statistical programs used in data analysis.

    2. Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .

    3. Pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; nevertheless, this does not apply on subjecting data to any processes or procedures aiming to derive new variables. The first party does not bear any professional, administrative or financial responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of changes in the variables values.
    Citation requirements

    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Population, Housing and Establishment Census - Final Results,2007. Version 1.5 Ramallah - Palestine.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    PCBS provides data collected for purely statistical purposes, and therefore does not assume any responsibility for legal or professional from any claim or analysis or interpretation or misuse of this data.
    Copyright

    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Population, Housing and Establishment Census - Final Results,2007. Ramallah - Palestine.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Division of User Services Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics diwan@pcbs.gov.ps http://www.pcbs.gov.ps
    World Bank Microdata Library World Bank

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WBG_2007_PHC_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority Collection, processing and dissemination data
    Date of Metadata Production

    2011-06-20

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2 (January 2014)
    Adaptation of the 1.5 (July2009)/ PS-PCBS-CEN-2007
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