Environmental Economic Survey 2009
West Bank and Gaza, 2009
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Environmental Economic Survey 2009
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
This is the sixth round. The survey has been conducted during the following years: 2000,2002,2005,2006 and 2008.
The Environmental Economic survey was implemented with the main objective of providing reliable data of environmental reality on the economic establishments in the Palestinian Territory, including the methods used to handle the solid waste and wastewater. It includes also the role of the local authority in providing the suitable environment that will reduce the negative effect of the different types of pollution on the economic sector.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Palestinian economic establishments
Version
V1.0: (Public use file)
2010-03-23
Scope
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
All of the economic establishments in the Palestinian Territory.
Region
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Palestinian National Authority | Funding |
| The Core Funding Group | Funding |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian National Authority | PNA | Funding |
| The Core Funding Group | CFG | Funding |
Sampling
Target Population
All the Palestinian economic establishments included in the Economic Series Survey sample in the Palestinian Territory.
Sample Design
The sample is a single-stage stratified cluster random sample. It includes 3,922 Palestinian economic establishments distributed according to the economic activities and governorates.
Sample Frame
The sampling frame was based on the Establishments' Census-2007 conducted by PCBS.
Stratification
Three levels of stratification were followed in designing the sample of the economic Survey including:
1.Stratification by Region: the establishments were classified to regions: the West Bank and Gaza Strip
2.Stratification by economic activity.
3.Stratification by employers group.
The sample of the environmental economic survey is a partial sample of size 3544 from the economic series survey. There was a sample of size 368 from the establishments that do not hold accounts.
Response rate = 81.9%
Sample weights were calculated for the data files.
Survey instrument
The environmental questionnaire was designed according to international standards and recommendations for the most important indicators, taking into account the special situation of Palestine. Many visits for economic establishments were made in order to improve the survey tools and to test the questionnaire before implementing the survey; consequently some modifications were made on the questionnaire and on the instructions following the visits.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-22 | 2009-05-28 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-22 | 2009-05-28 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
- Data from the Gaza Strip should be handled carefully because of the economic situation which was dominant there during the implementation of the survey.
- Data of water quantities, and solid waste quantities were based on the estimations by respondents.
- Data of solid waste treatment was published on the level of the Palestinian Territory because the number of observations was not sufficient for publishing on a level less than the Palestinian Territory level.
- Tables of container volumes, and tables of distance between the establishment and solid waste disposal place were also based on the respondent estimation.
Data processing
The data processing stage contain of the following operations:
Editing before data entry: all questionnaires were edited again in the office using the same instructions adopted for editing in the fields.
Data entry: In this stage data were entered into the computer, using Access database. The data entry program was prepared to satisfy a number of requirements such as:
- Duplication of the questionnaire on the computer screen.
- Logical and consistency check of data entered.
- Possibility for internal editing of questions answers.
- Maintaining a minimum of digital data entry and fieldwork errors.
- User-Friendly handling.
Possibility of transferring data into another format to be used and analyzed using other statistical analytical systems such as SAS and SPSS.
Data appraisal
Sampling Errors
These types of errors evolved as a result of studying a part of the society and not all of it, and because this survey is sample based, the data of this survey will be affected by sampling errors due to using a sample and not the whole frame of the society, and therefore differences appear compared with the actual values that could be obtained through a census. For this survey, variance calculations were made for amounts of water consumed in the economic establishments by region and activity, and the main source of obtaining water in the economic establishments by region and activity.
Non Sampling Errors
Several measures were adopted to minimize the effects of these errors. The interviewers, editors and coders underwent intensive training and were provided with fieldwork manuals to consult when facing any problem.
The data entry program was designed in a way that allows error detection and correction. This applies particularly to logical errors that might not be discovered before data entry operations. A consistency check was also performed to assure accuracy after data entry.
These errors are due to non-response cases as well as the implementation of surveys. In this survey, these errors emerged because of (a) the special situation of the questionnaire itself which depends on type of estimation; (b) diversity of sources (e.g. the interviewers, respondent, editors, coders, data entry operator, etc).
It is important to mention that 5% from the sample of this survey was re-interviewed, and the results of this re-interview were reported by the supervisors. The re-interview shows the variance in estimation by interviewers for quantities of water consumed and solid waste produced, when the interviewer who answers for the main survey questionnaire is different from the one who answers the re-interview questionnaire.
Comparability: The data of the environmental economic survey is comparable time; the results when comparing the data between different geographical comparing the data of this survey with the data of previous rounds were no significant differences.
Data Quality Assurance Procedures: Several measures were made to ensure quality control in the survey including ensuring fieldworkers had main skills before the start of data collection, and integrity in data collection.
Access policy
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Cost: None
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | http://www.pcbs.gov.ps | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Data compiled in the context of Environmental Economic Survey 2009 involves data about Palestinian Establishments. The confidentiality of such data is honored and safeguarded in accordance with Article (17) of the Palestinian General Statistical Law of 2000, which stipulates “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” |
- 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.
- Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .
- 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.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Environmental Economic Survey, 2009. V1.0 (3-2010). Ramallah - Palestine.
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of user services | Palestinian National Authority | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | http://www.pcbs.gov.ps |