{"doc_desc":{"title":"HouseHold Cultural Survey 2009","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-HCULT-2009-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statisitics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"production of reference material"}],"prod_date":"2009-12-05","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 December 2009"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-HCULT-2009-V1.0","title":"HouseHold Cultural Survey 2009","alt_title":"HCULT","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d \u0627\u0644\u062b\u0642\u0627\u0641\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0631\u064a\u060c 2009"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"Core Funding Grou","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":""}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"","affiliation":"","role":""}],"copyright":"Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics. PCBS 2009.the reference date of data is 5\/5\/2009-18\/06\/2009","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Core Funding Group","abbreviation":"CFG","role":"Data Collection\/ processing\/ printing of Main Finding Report"},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","abbreviation":"SDC","role":"Data Collection\/ processing\/ printing of Main Finding Report"},{"name":"Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"Data Collection\/ processing\/ printing of Main Finding Report"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Division of user services","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Sample Frame, Households [sf\/hh]","series_info":", PCBS implemented the first Household Culture Survey in 1996, and incorporated culture-relevant questions with the time-use survey 1999\/2000. Additionally, PCBS implemented Mass Media Survey in year 2000, followed by the Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone Survey in 2004. In 2006, a Household Survey was carried out for the benefits of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications.The Household Culture Survey aims to provide quantifiable indicators related to cultural activities and role of mass media in spreading the culture"},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 (edited\/final), based on data files and other material downloaded from PCBS\/HHCS website on 05 December 2009.","version_date":"2009-06"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"cultural activity","vocab":"Glossary of statistical ","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"cultural activities and participation [13.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The Household Culture Survey aims to provide quantifiable indicators related to cultural\nactivities and role of mass media in spreading the culture; examples of such information\ninclude:\n1. Availability of a home library, type of library collection, the culture of reading \"the\nhabit of reading and reading newspapers.\"\n2. Tendency to listen to the radio or watching television and time spent by each person in\nthese activities, and the programs that are being watched or listened to.\n3. Popularity to visit cultural institutions and the practice of individuals to cultural\nactivities.\n4. Popularity of TV and broadcasting stations, and the sources of news and information,\nand the main sources of entertainment and recreation.\n5. Proliferation of newspapers and magazines and how to obtain them, and the sections\nof the newspapers that have the largest number of readers.\n6. Connection to the Internet.\n7. The scope of using computers and the Internet; and the intended purpose of such\nusage.\n8. The scope of household monitoring to the type of television programs being watched\nby children, and the number of hours being spent watching television.","time_periods":[{"start":"2009-05-05","end":"2009-06-18","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2009-05-05","end":"2009-06-18","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank , Jerusalem and Gaza Strip\ngovernorate and type of locality","geog_unit":"Governorate","analysis_unit":"Household.\nPerson 10 years and over .","universe":"All Palestinian households and individuals whose usual place of residence in the Palestinian Territory with focus on persons aged 10 years and over in year 2009","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The forms of the survey consists of identification data of the questionnaire, quality controls, in addition to three main sections:\nSection I: Data about household members that include identification fields as well as characteristics of household members (demographic, social and economic) such as the relationship of individuals to head of household, age, sex, refugee status, education, main occupation.\n\nSection II: Household data includes information on the availability of library and its collection, access to newspapers and listening to radio stations and the acquisition of TV set and DVD. In addition, this section includes information on topics related to watching TV, the preferred TV programs as well as the monitoring of households to their children (5-17 years old) while watching television and using computers.\n\nSection III: Data on persons (aged 10 years or more), which includes information about reading newspapers and periodical publication, and the habit of reading books and type of books that persons read. In addition, the information also includes watching television, listening to the radio, and listening to the Voice of Palestine. Also, indicators about the practices of persons of the cultural activities in their free time and places they visit"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"sampling_procedure":"Target population:\nAll Palestinian households and individuals whose usual place of residence in the Palestinian Territory with focus on persons aged 10 years and over in year 2009.\n\nSample frame\nThe sampling frame consists of 4917 enumeration areas adopted in the Population, Housing and Establishment census 2007. Each enumeration area has an average size of about 120-150\nhouseholds. These were used in the first phase as Preliminary Sampling Units in the process of selecting the survey sample. In the second phase of sample selection, households sampling\nframe from census- 2007 was used and it contains identification data such as the names and addresses of heads of household, in addition to buildings and housing unit numbers.\n\nSample size\nThe sample size of the survey was estimated to about 6,150 household.\nTwo levels of stratification were made:\nStratification by governorate (16 Governorate including J1)\nStratification locality type (urban, rural, camp)\n\nSample design\nThe sample is stratified clustered systematic random sample. The design is comprised of three\nphases:\nPhase I: Random sample of 246 enumeration areas\nPhase II: Selection of (25) household from each enumeration area, selected in phase one, using systematic random manner\nPhase III: Selection of a person (aged 10 years or more) in the field from the selected households; and KISH TABLES are used in the process of persons selection to ensure\nindiscriminate selection.\nNote: in Jerusalem Governorate (J1), 17 enumeration areas were selected; then in the second phase, a group of households from each enumeration area were chosen using census-2007\nmethod 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\nsample design.\n\nSample distribution\nDistribution of the sample was stratified by governorate and type of locality to ensure that the size of the sampled households in each stratum fits with the actual number of households in that stratum as in the sampling frame.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"The survey questionnaire was developed based on the identified needs and after discussion with stakeholders. A workshop was conducted at the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics as part of the user producer dialogue to discuss the indicators of the survey.\nThe questionnaires were developed in arabic","coll_situation":"More than 62 fieldworkers attended the fieldwork training in accordance with the survey\u2019s plan designed by the survey management team. The duration of the training was five consecutive days from 26\/04\/2009 till 30\/04\/2009. Each section of the questionnaire was explained and discussed thoroughly along with practical exercises in class, in the field and home assignments. An evaluation test was conducted to ensure trainees got acquainted with all sections of the survey questionnaire.","act_min":"The Fieldwork and Surveys Directorate at the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics prepared the plan for the survey\u2019s fieldwork activities. Preparations relevant to logistics were ready in advance including fieldworkers candidates and survey tools (questionnaires, sample lists). The organizational structure of the fieldwork was designed according to the requirements and nature of the survey itself. Fieldworkers were assigned to work in their governorate of residence, and some small governorates were merged with adjacent large ones to facilitate the management of fieldwork of the survey","weight":"First: Household weights\nPreliminary household weight is calculated from stratum h by dividing number of households\nin each stratum with the sample size of households within the stratum h, using the following\nformula.\nWhere\n:Household stratum symbol i by governorate and locality type\n:Weight of household i in the stratum h\n:Number of households in the strata h according to household estimates in the survey\nreference year\n:Household sample size in the stratum h\nIn the survey, one person aged 10 years and over was selected from the household, and this\nperson was selected randomly using KISH tables. This person was given a preliminary weight\nequal to the preliminary household weight.\n(preliminary) is calculated as the number of persons aged 10 years and over in the selected\nhousehold.\nSecond: person weights\nThen preliminary weights for persons were adjusted taking into accounts population\nprojection to ensure results of the sample fit with the dissemination levels (region West Bank\nand Gaza Strip Sex: Male and female; age group(10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39,\n40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 years and over). Weights were\nadjusted as follows:\nAddition of preliminary household weight to the data file\nA new variable for adjusted persons weight is created in the persons data file by levels region:\n(West Bank and Gaza Strip, Sex: Male and female; age group (10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29,\n30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 years and over).\nThen total preliminary weights for persons are calculated according to adjustments groups.\nCalculate distribution of population based on the adjusted projected population for the\nsurvey\u2019s reference year.\nThe adjustment factor fg is calculated according to adjustment groups by dividing the results\nof step (1) with the results of step (2).\nThe weight for the person is then the preliminary weight for the person multiplied by the\nadjustment factor for the corresponding group\nCalculation of relative weights\nThe relative weight is calculated as the final weight for the person divided by the average\nweight of final weights.","cleaning_operations":"The project\u2019s management developed a clear mechanism for editing the data and trained a team of editors accordingly. The mechanism was as follows:\nReceiving completed questionnaires on daily basis; Checking each questionnaire to make sure that they were completed and that the data covered all eligible household members. Returning the uncompleted questionnaires as well as those with errors to the field for completion.","method_notes":"This stage included preparation of the data entry programs using ACCESS package, setting up the data entry control rules to avoid data entry errors, and validation inquiries to examine the data after its being electronically captured"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"The sample size was 6,150 households distributed as 4,025 in the West Bank and 2,125 in the Gaza Strip. The total number of household whose data was collected in the survey amounted to 5,132 household including 3,300 in the West Bank, 405 households in Jerusalem (J1), and 1,427 household in the Gaza Strip. Weights were modified accordingly on the level of stratum design to compensate for refusal and non-response cases.","sampling_error_estimates":"sampling error available  in the report of survey","data_appraisal":"you can found it in the report of survey"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000\n\nArticle (17)\n1. 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. \n2. 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","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}],"cit_req":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2009. Household Culture Survey,(12- 2009). v1.0\n.Ramallah - Palestine","conditions":"License Agreement for the Use of Micro Data in PCBS \nitems(10,11,12) as following:\n\n\n1. 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.\n\n2. Utilization of \"data\" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .\n\n3. 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.","disclaimer":"The Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics provide you with the data as is, without any warranty or responsibility implied.PCBS accepts no responsibility for the results and\/or implications of any analysis and\/or other actions conducted with this data."}}}}