Demographic and Health Survey 2004
West Bank and Gaza, 2004
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Demographic and Health Survey 2004
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
The Health Survey, 2000 is the second in a series of surveys completed by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) over a period of ten years. Beginning with the first health survey in 1996, the second survey was completed in 2000. With the availability of the 2004 survey data, it becomes possible to examine time trends related to demography, fertility and maternal and child health in the context of changing population circumstances, and utilize such information in future policy making and planning endeavors.
The survey is designed to collect, analyze and disseminate demographic and health data pertaining to the Palestinian population living in the Palestinian territory, with a focus on demography, fertility, family planning and maternal and child health.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household
Individual
Version
Version 1.0 dataset for public distribution
Scope
The questionnaire was consisted of the following parts:
- Household part: consisted household roster including demographic variables such as age, sex, date of birth, smoking, health insurance,disability, child labor for children aged 10 years and over and education section for persons aged 5-17 years.
- Dwelling part: including questions on housing conditions such as main drinking water source, iodized salt and other socio-economic indicators.
-Women (15-54 years) questionnaire - Women part: this part was designed to collect data from all ever-married women 15-54 years old. It consists of seven sections: Reproduction, Contraception, Pregnancy and Breast Feeding, Tetanus Toxoid (TT), Health Awareness and Public Health, Awareness of AIDS, Fertility Preference.
- Child part: this part was designed to collect data from all children aged less than 5 years, it consists Child Education, Child health and Immunization, and Anthropometry.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| fertility [14.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| morbidity and mortality [14.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| childbearing, family planning and abortion [8.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| drug abuse, alcohol and smoking [8.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| general health [8.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| nutrition [8.7] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| specific diseases and medical conditions [8.9] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
The data are representative at region level (West Bank, Gaza Strip), locality type (urban, rural, camp)
- Region (West Bank, Gaza Strip)
- Locality type (urban, rural, camp)
- Governorates
The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in the Palestinian Territory.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The Palestinian National Authority | Financial assistance |
| United Nation Fund Population Agency | Financial assistance |
| United Nations Childrens Fund | Financial assistance |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| United Nation Fund Population Agency | UNFPA | responded to the survey instrument |
| United Nations Childrens Fund | UNICEF | responded to the survey instrument |
Sampling
Sample frame and sample design:
The list of all Palestinian households has been constructed by updating some identification variables from the data collected through the Population Census of 1997. The master sample was drawn up to be used for different sample surveys. It consists of 481 enumeration areas (EA) (the average size of about 150 households). The master sample was the sample frame for the current Demographic and Heath Survey of 2004. The selected EA were divided into small units called cells (with an average size of 25 households). One cell per EA was selected.
The sample type was a stratified two-stage random sample:
First stage: 260 EAs were selected from all Palestinian territory.
Second stage: A systematic random sample of 25 households was selected from each EA in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. For the part of Jerusalem that was annexed by Israel after the 1967 war, 30 households were selected from each EA.
Sample size:
The number of households in the sample was 6,574 households: 4,456 in the West Bank and 2,118 in the Gaza Strip.
The survey sample consists of about 6,574 households of which 5,799 households completed the interview; whereas 3,746 households from the West Bank and 2,053 households in Gaza Strip. Weights were modified to account for non-response rate. The response rate in the West Bank reached 84.1% while in the Gaza Strip it reached 96.9%. The response rate in the Palestinian Territory reached 88.2%.
Weights have been calculated for each sampling unit. Weights reflect the sampling procedures. To make the weighing procedure feasible and simple, we assumed that the households have been selected directly within the EA.
The weighing procedure considered the total Palestinian population in the beginning of the second quarter of the year 2004 and their distribution by region, sex and age group.
It is important to calculate the sampling error and to show it beside the estimates. This gives the data user an idea about the efficiency and accuracy of the estimates.
The total survey errors are divided into two types: sampling errors and non-sampling errors. Non-sampling errors arose from implementing data collection and data processing, such as failure to interview the correct unit or mistakes made by the interviewer or the respondent. It is still difficult to estimate the non-sampling errors. However, many procedures have been adopted to reduce the non-sampling errors.
Sampling errors on the other hand are a measure of the variability between all possible samples. Sampling errors can be estimated from the survey results.
The variance calculation uses the method of Ultimate Clusters; the variance formula depends on the type of estimate (ratios, means, totals, etc.). For this purpose we use a statistical package for variance calculation called CENEVAR.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire was consisted of the following parts:
- Household part: consisted household roster including demographic variables such as age, sex, date of birth, smoking, health insurance,disability, child labor for children aged 10 years and over and education section for persons aged 5-17 years.
- Dwelling part: including questions on housing conditions such as main drinking water source, iodized salt and other socio-economic indicators.
-Women (15-54 years) questionnaire - Women part: this part was designed to collect data from all ever-married women 15-54 years old. It consists of seven sections: Reproduction, Contraception, Pregnancy and Breast Feeding, Tetanus Toxoid (TT), Health Awareness and Public Health, Awareness of AIDS, Fertility Preference.
- Child part: this part was designed to collect data from all children aged less than 5 years, it consists Child Education, Child health and Immunization, and Anthropometry.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2004-05-20 | 2004-07-07 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
The main training was via videoconference between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Training lasted for an intensive 11 days. A group of doctors was recruited to deliver lectures on different parts of the questionnaires.
Data processing
Data editing took place at a number of stages through the processing including:
- office editing and coding
- during data entry
- structure checking and completeness
- structural checking of SPSS data files
Data appraisal
Detailed information on the sampling Error is available in the Survey Report downloadable under the "Documentation" tab.
Detailed information on the data appraisal is available in the Survey Report downloadable under the "Documentation" tab.
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 |
License Agreement for the Use of Micro Data in PCBS items(10,11,12) as following:
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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, 2001. Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, 2004. v1.0. Ramallah - Palestine
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
© 2005, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, reference period of data 2005
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of Users Services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
Metadata production
DDI_WBG_2004_DHS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | Production of the DDI |
2021-08-03
Metadata version
Version 01 (August 2021). This version is identical to PSE-PCBS-DHS-2004-V1.0, except for the following fields that were modified by the World Bank: study ID and DDI ID.