Construction Contractors Survey 2010
West Bank and Gaza, 2011
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Construction Contractors Survey 2010
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Enterprise Census [en/census]
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics issued the 16th volume of the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2010 as reference year. These surveys cover most of economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994.
The objective of the survey was to obtain data on:
- Number of enterprises and persons engaged in construction contractors survey by activity.
- Value of output, intermediate consumption and stocks.
- Value added components.
- Payments and transfers.
- Assets and capital formation.
- Contribution of the surveyed activities to the GDP and other national accounts variables.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Enterprise constitutes the primary sampling unit (PSU)
Version
V1.0 (File to publication on internet for public use)
2012-05-16
Scope
- Identification data
- Data about establishment assets.
- Data about purchasing goods for selling purpose
- Number of employees in a company and their compensations.
- Various payments and transfers
- Other output expenses
- Goods productions
- Goods production inputs
- Other goods production inputs
- Revenues of services rendered to others
- Indirect fees and taxes
- Production inputs fuel and oil
- Various transfers and revenues
- Electricity and water
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Conditions and Indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
All enterprises in construction contractors survey (comprehensive).
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The Palestinian National Authority | Financial |
| The Representative Office of Norway | Financial |
| The Representative Office of Netherlands | Financial |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | Financial |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Palestinian National Authority | CFG | Financial |
| The Representative Office of Norway | CFG | Financial |
| The Representative Office of Netherlands | CFG | Financial |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | CFG | Financial |
Sampling
Comprehensive Survey
Response rate: 81.0%
The sampling weight of the enterprise is the mathematical turned of the possibility selection of that enterprise. It is necessary to use weights in the estimation of the survey society because of the differentiation in the possibility of enterprises' selection from another one. The weights are adjusted to compensate for nonrespondent enterprises.
Survey instrument
All of the economic surveys series used the same questionnaire, with a few different characteristics for each survey. The design of the 2010 questionnaire takes into account the major economic variables pertaining to the sector examined and the needs to be met to compile the National Accounts for Palestine.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2011-03-15 | 2011-05-31 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Fieldwork
- Selection of specialized fieldwork team of economic back ground, the team was trained theoretically and practically on the survey questionnaire.
- The main fieldwork team was selected according to the training course.
- Field work visits by both fieldwork and project management staff for monitoring and following up data collection process and progress of work, An average of two visits for each governorate, a bout 90% of completed questionnaires was reviewed and corrected if needed, comments and notes were directed to the team accordingly.
- Different levels of supervision and monitoring took place according to the following division:
o Fieldworkers
o Fieldworkers supervisors
o Fieldwork coordinator. (Each of them has responsibilities in monitoring ) - Project management received a daily progress report about completeness and response.
- Conducting a refreshment training course during the stage of data collection for emphasizing the main issues of training and answering questions of fieldworkers about issues faced them in the field.
- We made another visit to some institutions which were visited by the researchers to confirm the accuracy of the data that have been given to researchers and that called the interview, these institutions has been selected randomly by withdrawing a random sample of 10% of the original sample of the survey, and then the data were compared with data from series surveys.
Workers Selection and Training:
The interviewers in the fieldwork are selected from the experienced ones in the statistical work and they are also trained theoretically and practically.
Fieldwork operations:
They are initiated after the recruitment and training of qualified interviewers. The PCBS's Fieldwork Directorate administers fieldwork activities including interviewing activities.
Data Collecting Method:
Data are gathered by using an interview with the enterprise owner or general manager by applying the survey questionnaire.
Data processing
For insuring quality and consistency of data a set of measures were taken into account for strengthening accuracy of data as follows:
- Preparing data entry program before data collection for checking readiness of the program for data entry.
- A set of validation rules were applied on the program for checking consistency of data.
- Efficiency of the program was checked through pre-testing in entering few questionnaires, including incorrect information for checking its efficiency, in capturing these information.
- Well trained data keyers were selected and trained for the main data entry.
- Weekly or biweekly data files were received by project management for checking accuracy and consistency, notes of correction are provided for data entry management for correction.
Data appraisal
Non-Statistical Errors
These types of errors could appear on one or all the survey stages that include data collection and data entry
Response errors: these types of errors are related to, responders, fieldworkers, and data entry personnel's. And to avoid mistakes and reduce the impact has been a series of actions that would enhance the accuracy of the data through a process of data collection from the field and the data processing.
Access policy
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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 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 2012, Economic Surveys Series - 2010. Version1.0 (05-2012) Ramallah - Palestine.
Disclaimer and copyrights
PCBS provide 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.
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Division of user services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps |
Metadata production
DDI_WBG_2011_CCS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | Collection, processing and dissemination data |
2021-09-21
Metadata version
Version 1 (September 2021). This version is similar to the original version (DDI-PSE-PCBS-CON-2010-V1.0) that was documented by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics except for the DDI ID and Study ID fields that were updated