The Socio-economic Conditions of the Palestinian Households’ Survey 2010
West Bank and Gaza, 2010
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The Socio-economic Conditions of the Palestinian Households’ Survey 2010
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
The Socio-economic Monitoring of the Palestinian Households Survey 2010 was planned to fill data gaps in the Palestinian Territory. The survey was conducted in cooperation with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Program (WFP). It covers socio- economic indicators that are used in formulating a comprehensive database utilized in the Palestinian Territory.
This survey provides mainly the following indicators:
• Palestinians Socio-economic characteristics
• Household expenditure and income
• Coping strategies used by the households
• General overview on the Palestinian households during last six months
• Households basic needs
• Received assistance, assessment of received assistance
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household
Scope
Part one: Social data which include name, relation with head of household, sex, age, refugee status, place of residence, reasons of changing place of residence if happened, health insurance, difficulties, education, labor and marital status.
Part two: that covers the housing unit data.
Part three: that covers the agricultural data.
Part four: that covers the data on assistants.
Part five: that covers the data on coping strategies
Part six: that covers the income data.
Part seven: that covers the data on expenditure and consumption.
Part eight: that covers the nutrition and lack of food.
Part nine: that covers the data on freedom of movement.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| social exclusion [12.9] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
Palestinian Territory
The target population consisted of all Palestinian households that usually reside in the Palestinian Territory
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestine |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Food Programme | Financial support |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Financial support |
| Palestine | Financial support |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| World Food Programme | CFG | Financial support |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | CFG | Financial support |
Sampling
The sampling frame consisted of a master sample of enumeration areas (EAs) selected from the Population Housing and Establishment Census 2007 The master sample consists of area units of relatively equal size (number of households, about 150 housing units), and these units has been used as primary sampling units (PSUs).
Sample Size
The sample size was 7,500 households, located in 300 enumeration areas in the Palestinian Territory, distributed by 5000 households in West Bank and 2500 in Gaza Strip. The design considered dissemination on governorate level and the localities affected by the annexation wall.
Sample design
The sample is two stage stratified cluster sample with two stages:
First stage: selection of a stratified systematic random sample of 300 Enumeration Areas (200 in west Bank, 100 in Gaza strip).
Second stage: selection of a systematic random sample of 25 households from each enumeration area selected in the first stage. And then to choose a legible person aged 18 years and above to be the respondent of the questionnaire questions.
Note: in Jerusalem Governorate (J1), 20 enumeration areas were selected; then in the second phase, a group of 25 households from each enumeration area were chosen using census-2007 method of delineation and enumeration. This method was adopted to ensure household response is to the maximum to comply with the percentage of non-response as set in the sample design.
Response rate was 92%
Sample Design Weight was calculated and adjusted after data collection to reflect the population Size
Survey instrument
A special questionnaire was designed in accordance with UN standards and recommendations, the questionnaire include the identification data in addition to the quality control measures, it covers the following fields:
Part one: Social data which include name, relation with head of household, sex, age, refugee status, place of residence, reasons of changing place of residence if happened, health insurance, difficulties, education, labor and marital status.
Part two: that covers the housing unit data.
Part three: that covers the agricultural data.
Part four: that covers the data on assistants.
Part five: that covers the data on coping strategies>
Part six: that covers the income data.
Part seven: that covers the data on expenditure and consumption.
Part eight: that covers the nutrition and lack of food.
Part nine: that covers the data on freedom of movement.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2010-07-19 | 2010-08-31 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2010-07-19 | 2010-08-31 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Special forms were designed for following up on receiving and handing questionnaires at all levels and to follow up on the daily achievements of the interviewers. The supervisors distributed work on the team using a map and sample guiding list. Daily and weekly reports were produced and handed to the fieldwork coordinator and the project administration explaining the number of completed interviews, non-response cases, and the cases when households could not be contacted after three visits. Moreover, technical staff and fieldwork coordinators conducted field visits to monitor fieldwork and ensure data quality as well as to help with solving problems facing the fieldwork team.
Data processing
Both data entry and tabulation were completed by using the ACCESS and SPSS software programs. Data entry was organized into two files, corresponding to the main parts of the questionnaire. Data entry template was designed to reflect an exact image of the questionnaire, and included various electronic checks: logical check, range checks, consistency checks and cross-validation.
Data appraisal
Statistical Errors:
Sampling rather than comprehensive enumeration has been used to collect data in this survey. Therefore it is liable to two types of errors affecting the quality of survey data, sampling (statistical errors) and non-sampling errors (non-statistical errors). Statistical errors mean the errors resulting from sample designing and this is computed simply. Variance and effect of sample design has been computed for the Palestinian Territory, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Non-Statistical Errors:
Non-statistical errors, on the other hand, could not be determined easily, due to the diversity of sources from which they may arise, e.g., the interviewer, respondent, editor, coder, and data entry operator.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | www.pcbs.gov.ps | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | 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. |
- 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, The Socio-economic Conditions of the Palestinian Households’ Survey 2010 . V 1.0 (06-2012).
Ramallah - Palestine.
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of user services | Palestinian National Authority | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |