{"doc_desc":{"title":"Construction Contractors Survey 2006","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-CON-2006-V10","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection, processing and dissemination data"}],"prod_date":"2011-07-19","version_statement":{"version":"V1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-CON-2006-V1.0","title":"Construction Contractors Survey2006","alt_title":"CON","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d  \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0648\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0621\u0627\u062a 2006"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"Palestinian National Authority","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":""},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":""},{"name":"The Representative Office of Netherlands","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":""}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"PNA","role":"Producing data for pubic use"}],"copyright":"(c)  All Rights Reserved. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, MAY 2009","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"Financial"},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","abbreviation":"NOR","role":"Financial"},{"name":"The Representative Office of Netherlands","abbreviation":"NDL","role":"Financial"},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","abbreviation":"SDC","role":"Financial"}]},"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":"Enterprise Survey [en\/oth]","series_info":"The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to issue the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 1998-2006 as reference year.  Revised results."},"version_statement":{"version":"V1.0 (File to publication on internet for public use)","version_date":"2009-05-20"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Construction \u2019 Survey","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical Terms Used in PCBS ","uri":"https:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"Economic Conditions and Indicators [1.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"he objective of the survey was to obtain data on:\n1. Number of enterprises and persons engaged in construction contractors survey  by activity. \n2. Value of output, intermediate consumption and stocks.\n3. Value added components.\n4. Payments and transfers.\n5. Assets and capital formation.\n6. Contribution of the surveyed activities to the GDP and other national accounts variables.","time_periods":[{"start":"2006-01-01","end":"2006-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2007-04-01","end":"2007-06-15","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank and Gaza Strip","analysis_unit":"Enterprise constitutes the primary sampling unit (PSU)","universe":"All enterprises in construction contractors survey (comprehensive)","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"Identification data\nData about establishment assets.\nData about Purchasing goods for selling purpose\nNumber of employees in a company and their compensations.\nVarious payments and transfers \nOther output expenses\nGoods productions\nGoods Production Inputs\nOthers Goods Production Inputs\nRevenues of Services Rendered to Others\nIndirect Fees and Taxes\nProduction Inputs Fuel and oil\nVarious transfers and revenues \nElectricity and water"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority "}],"sampling_procedure":"Comprehensive Survey","sampling_deviation":"-","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"They are tow forms of the construction contractors  survey questionnaire 2006, the first one is related to household and branches, the second is related to non-finance companies sector. The questionnaire contains of the following main variables:\nNumber of employees in a company and their compensations.\nThe output of the main and second activities.\nGoods production inputs.\nVarious payments and transfers.\nIndirect taxes.\nEnterprises assets.","coll_situation":"Data Collecting\n\nQuestionnaire Test:\nDoing a primitive pretest during two days to make a technical study of the questionnaire, study the rejection and the data quality.\n\nWorkers Selection and Training:\nThe interviewers in the fieldwork are selected from the experienced ones in the statistical work and they are also trained theoretically and practically.\n\n Fieldwork operations:  \nThey are initiated after the recruitment and training of qualified interviewers.  The PCBS's Fieldwork Directorate administers fieldwork activities including interviewing activities.\n\nData Gathering Method:\nData are gathered by using an interview with the enterprise owner or general manager by applying the survey questionnaire.\n\nFieldwork Editing:\nThe interviewer and supervisor firstly edit technically the questionnaire according to editing rules.\n\nOffice Editing: \nThe office editor also edits the questionnaire in order to be ready to be sent to coding and data entry.\n\nCoding:\nAfter the editor finishes editing the questionnaire, a coding are used according to (ISIC - 3), then the questionnaire is transferred to data entry.","weight":"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","cleaning_operations":"For  insuring quality and consistency of data a set of measures were taken in to account for strengthening accuracy of data as follows:\nPreparing data entry program before data collection for checking readiness of the program for data entry.\nA set of validation rules were applied on the program for  checking consistency of data.\nEfficiency of the program was checked through pre-testing in entering few questionnaires, including incorrect information for checking its efficiency, in capturing these information.\nWell trained data keyers were selected and trained for the main data entry.\nWeekly or by weekly data files were received by project management for checking accuracy and consistency, notes of correction are provided for data entry management for correction.","method_notes":"Notes on Data:\nThe Twelfth round of the economic survey series was implemented based on the updated sampling frame of establishment build on the establishment census 2004 results, that come up with important changes in the sampling frame of the economic survey compared with preceding sampling frame 2003.\nDifferences of results of certain indicators can be noticed due to approximation. \nThe currency exchange rate:\nThe following is the exchange rate for US$:\n     US$\/ NIS = 4.4843\n     US$ \/ JD =  0.7086"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Number of enterprises 514\novercoverage %8.5\nNon-response %7.3\nresponse rate %94.5","sampling_error_estimates":"Non-Statistical Errors\nThese types of errors could appear on one or all the survey stages that include data collection and data entry:\nResponse 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."}},"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. Economic Survey Series, 1998-2006\nRevised Results","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":"PCBS  provides  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."}}}}