Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007
West Bank and Gaza, 2007
Identification
WBG_2007_PHC_v01_M
Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
This is a second census in West Bank and Gaza since the first census carried out in 1997
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.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Households
Individuals
Establishments
Version
2011-06-20
Scope
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
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Palestinian Territory
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
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | carrying out the census from idea to the results |
| 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 |
| 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
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.
100%
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
The household questionnaire is divided into the following parts
- Housing and housing conditions
- Household individuals data
- Summary of household members
- Overseas tourism and kindergarten
- Agriculture holding
- 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:
- 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
Part three: includes data for all Houses, such as: - No. of Houses in the Building
- Current Use of Houses
- The reason for Closed, Vacant and Deserted Houses
Part four: includes data for all Houses used for habitation or work and habitation, such as: - Name of the Head of Household
No. of Household Members
The household questionnaire is provided as external resources.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2007-12-01 | 2007-12-16 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2007-11-30 | 2007-12-01 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Ensuring the accuracy of the work
Identifing enumeration areas on the ground
Fieldwork Operations
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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. -
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
The data processing stage contain of the following operations:
- 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. - 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. - 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
The assessment of data of the Buildings and Housing Units Census of 2007 was based on the following items:
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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. -
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
| 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 | 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. |
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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.
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Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .
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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, Population, Housing and Establishment Census - Final Results,2007. Version 1.5 Ramallah - Palestine.
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Population, Housing and Establishment Census - Final Results,2007. Ramallah - Palestine.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | 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_WBG_2007_PHC_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | Collection, processing and dissemination data |
2011-06-20
Metadata version
Version 2 (January 2014)
Adaptation of the 1.5 (July2009)/ PS-PCBS-CEN-2007