{"doc_desc":{"title":"Economic Surveys Series \u2013 2017","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-ECON-2017-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"State of Palestine","role":" Collection, processing and dissemination data"}],"version_statement":{"version":"V1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-ECON-2017-V1.0","title":"Economic Surveys Series 2017","alt_title":"ECON","translated_title":"\u0633\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0648\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629 2017"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"State of Palestine"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"European Union","affiliation":"EU","email":"","role":"financial    "}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"\u00a9 All Rights Reserved.  Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,  2017","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","abbreviation":"NOR","role":"financial    "},{"name":"European Union","abbreviation":"EU","role":"financial    "}],"grant_no":"CFG"},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Division of user services","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","email":"Dus@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"},{"name":"Mail office","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","email":"Diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise Survey [en\/oth]","series_info":"he Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to issue the twenty-three volume of the Economic Survey of Palestine, including statistical tables of findings. This edition presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2017 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in Palestine since 1994"},"version_statement":{"version":"V1.0: version (datasets for public use)","version_date":"2018-10-22"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Transport and Storage","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book2117.pdf"},{"keyword":"Communication & Information","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book2117.pdf"},{"keyword":"Construction Contractors","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book2117.pdf"},{"keyword":"Industrial","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book2117.pdf"},{"keyword":"Services","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book2117.pdf"},{"keyword":"Internal Trade","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book2117.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"economic conditions and indicators [1.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"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.\n\nThe Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to issue the twenty-three volume of the Economic Survey of Palestine, including statistical tables of findings. This edition presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2017 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in Palestine since 1994.\nEconomic surveys of various fields constitute the basic foundations for the compilation of National Accounts for Palestine","time_periods":[{"start":"2017-01-01","end":"2017-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2018-05-03","end":"2018-08-02","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"Palestine","analysis_unit":"Enterprises","universe":"The twenty third round of the economic survey series was conducted based on the Establishments Census of 2017 as a sampling frame. The economic surveys series covered activities in accordance with ISIC-4 (fifth digits).","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"1.Number of employed persons and compensation of waged employees.\n2.Value of output from the main and the secondary activity. \n3.Production inputs of goods and services.\n4.Taxes on production.\n5.Assets and capital formation.\n6. Various payments and transfers"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority "}],"sampling_procedure":"The sample of the economic surveys series was One-Stage Stratified Systematic Random Sample in which enterprises were divided into two types: the first type covered overall enterprises taken comprehensively, the second type covered enterprises selected in a systematic random way in which the enterprise constituted the sampling unit.\nThree levels of strata were used to draw up an efficient representative sample.\n1.\tThe frame is separated into two geographical locations: the West Bank excludes those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967, and the Gaza Strip. \n2.\tStrata are created based on the fourth digit of ISIC-4, exclude services sector based on the second in which every activity presents actual stratum.\n3.\tWithin each stratum, new strata are created according to employment size.\n\nThe sample size in Palestine (excludes those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967) in 2017 was 9,916 enterprises out of 136,425 enterprises comprising the survey sampling frame.","coll_mode":["Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]"],"research_instrument":"The design of the 2017 questionnaire took into account the major economic variables pertaining the sector examined and met with the National Accounts for Palestine according to SNA 2008. All of the economic surveys series used the same questionnaire, with a few different characteristics pertaining to each survey.\nThe questionnaire included these variables:\n1.\tNumber of employed persons and compensation of employees.\n2.\tValue of output from the main activity and the secondary activities. \n3.\tProduction inputs of goods and services.\n4.\tFees, taxes and subsidies on production.\n5.\tAssets and capital formation.","coll_situation":"Data were collected by trained fieldworkers through personal interviews with the owners of the enterprises by entering data through PC-Tablets in the West Bank for the fourth time, while PC-Tablets were used for the second time in the Gaza Strip.","act_min":"Field visits were conducted by survey's management team to ensure data collection was carried out according to standards","weight":"The weight of statistical units (sampling unit) in the sample was defined as the mathematical inverse of the selection probability where the sample of the survey is one-stage stratified systematic random sample, so we calculated the weight of each enterprise depending on the selection probability of each enterprise (a systematic random sample), then weights were adjusted based on interview result.","cleaning_operations":"There are two steps:\nFirst: The entering program for PC-Tablets was designed to prevent entering any contrasting data during data entry.\n         Second: List of questionnaires that included errors related to the logically of the data after entering the data by field worker."},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Response rate: 96.1%.","sampling_error_estimates":"Sampling Errors\nData of this survey affected by sampling errors due to use of the sample and. Therefore, certain differences were expected in comparison with the real values obtained through censuses. Variance were calculated for the most important indicators as shown in tables below.  Dissemination of results at the national level did not pose a problem, but there was high variance in some variables.\n\nNon Sampling Error\nThese types of errors could appear on one or on all of the survey stages that include data collection and data entry; they related to, respondents, fieldworkers, and data entry personnel. To avoid errors and mitigate their impact, a number of procedures were applied to enhance the accuracy of the data through a process of data collection from the field and data processing."}},"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, \n     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":"State of Palestine","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"},{"name":"\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0647\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0643\u0632\u064a \u0644\u0644\u0627\u062d\u0635\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0644\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646\u064a","affiliation":"State of Palestine","email":"Dus@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}],"cit_req":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Economic Survey Series- 2017.  V1.0 Ramallah - Palestine","conditions":"1.     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\n        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\n         not bear any professional, administrative or financial responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of changes in the variables values.","disclaimer":"PCBS  provid  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."}}}}