Economic Surveys Series 2013
West Bank and Gaza, 2014
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Economic Surveys Series 2013
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
This edition (19th) presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2013 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in the Palestine since 1994.
A comprehensive and detailed statistical database of any economic activity is a prerequisite for planning and policy making and this applies to economic activities that play a major role in most modern world economies.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to issue the eighteenth volume of economic surveys for the Palestine, including statistical tables of findings. This edition presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2013 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in the Palestine since 1994.
Economic surveys of various fields constitute the basic foundations for the compilation of National Accounts for Palestine. It is hoped that they will also fulfill the various needs and expectations of users in both the public and private sectors.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Enterprises
Version
V1.0 version (datasets for public use)
2014-10-21
Scope
- The persons engaged in enterprise and compensation of these employees.
- Value of output from the main activity and secondary activity.
- Production inputs of goods and services.
- Payments and transfers.
- Taxes on production.
- Assets and capital formation.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
Palestine
The eighteenth round of the economic survey series was conducted based on the Establishments Census of 2012. The economic surveys series cover activities in accordance with ISIC-4.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestine |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Palestine | financial |
| The Representative Office of Norway | financial |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | financial |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestine | financial | |
| The Representative Office of Norway | CFG | financial |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | CFG | financial |
Sampling
The sample of the economic surveys series is a single-stage stratified random-systematic sample in which the enterprise constitutes the primary sampling unit (PSU). Three levels of strata were used to draw up an efficient representative sample (i.e. economic activity, size of workforce and geographical location). The sample size in 2012 was 9,425 enterprises out of the 126,309 enterprises comprising the survey frame.
Response rate: 85.2%
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 one another. The weights are adjusted to compensate for nonresponse 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 2013 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.
The questionnaire included these variables:
- The persons engaged in enterprise and compensation of these employees.
- Value of output from the main activity and secondary activity.
- Production inputs of goods and services.
- Payments and transfers.
- Taxes on production.
- Assets and capital formation.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2014-04-01 | 2014-07-30 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2013-01-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestine |
Field visits were conducted by survey's management team to ensure data collection was carried out according to standards.
The interviewers in the fieldwork are selected from the experienced ones in the statistical work and they are also trained theoretically and practically.
Data processing
To ensure the quality and consistency of data, a set of measures was introduced as follows:
- Creation of a data entry program prior to the collection of data to ensure this would be ready.
- A set of validation rules were applied to the program to check the consistency of data.
- The efficiency of the program was pre-tested by entering a few questionnaires, including incorrect information, and checking its efficiency in capturing the incorrect information.
- Well-trained data entry personnel were selected and trained for main data entry.
- Weekly data files were received by project management to be checked for accuracy and consistency: correction notes were provided to data entry management for implementation.
Data appraisal
Statistical Errors:
- Statistical Errors: The findings of the survey are affected by statistical errors due to using sampling in conducting the survey for the units of the target population, which increases the chances of having variances from the actual values we expect to obtain from the data had we conducted the survey using comprehensive enumeration. The variance of the key goods in the survey was computed and dissemination was carried out on the level of the Palestinian Territory for reasons related to sample design and computation of the variance of the different indicators.
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 | Palestine | 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, Economic Survey Series- 2013.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.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2014. Economic Survey Series 2013 .
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Division of user services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps |
Metadata production
DDI_WBG_2014_ESS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestine | Collection, processing and dissemination data |
2021-09-27
Metadata version
Version 01 (September 2021). This version is similar to the original version (DDI-PSE-PCBS-ECON-2013-V1.0) that was documented by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics except for the DDI ID and Study ID fields that were updated.