{"doc_desc":{"title":"Transport, Storage and Communication Survey -2003","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-TRANS-2003-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection, processing and dissemination data"}],"prod_date":"2013-06-21","version_statement":{"version":"V1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-TRANS-2003-V1.0","title":"Transport, Storage and Communication Survey 2003","alt_title":"TRANS","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d \u0625\u062d\u0635\u0627\u0621\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0642\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u062e\u0632\u064a\u0646  \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0638\u0645 2003"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"The Palestinian National Authority","affiliation":"PNA","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The World Bank","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The European Commission","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"Department of International Development","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"financial    "}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics \u060c2004.  Transport and Storageand Communication Survey. 2003.","funding_agencies":[{"name":"The Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","abbreviation":"NOR","role":"financial    "},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","abbreviation":"SDC","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The World Bank","abbreviation":"WB","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The European Commission","abbreviation":"EC","role":"financial    "},{"name":"Department of International Development","abbreviation":"DFID","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 tenth volume of the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2004 as reference year.  These surveys cover most of economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994.\n\nThe Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS is pleased to release the main findings of the Economic Survey Series for the year 2003.  As in the previous rounds, this release covers the main economic activities practiced in the Palestinian Territory, including; Industry, Constructions, Internal trade, Transport and Communications, and Services activities.  It should be mentioned that this release represents the main finding of the surveys for the Remaining West Bank and Gaza Strip, Excluding that parts of Jerusalem governorate which was annexed after the Israeli occupation in 1967."},"version_statement":{"version":"v0.1: version (datasets for public use)","version_date":"2004-09-12"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Transport, Storage and Communication","vocab":"Guidebook of Statistical Definitions and Glossary  Guidebook of Statistical Definitions and Glossary  ","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1793.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"economic conditions and indicators [1.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to issue the tenth volume of the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2003 as reference year.  These surveys cover most of economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994.\n\nThis report includes statistical tables which presents the surveys findings for Remaining West Bank and Gaza Strip (RWBGS) excluding that part of Jerusalem which was annexed after the 1967 occupation by Israel.","time_periods":[{"start":"2003-01-01","end":"2003-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2003-06-30","end":"2004-04-01","cycle":"yearly"}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank and Gaza Strip","analysis_unit":"Enterprises","universe":"Transport and Communication survey covers all establishments of the following main activities: \n1.\tOther scheduled passenger land transport (6021).\n2.\tOther non-scheduled passenger (6022).\n3.\tFreight transport by road (6023).\n4.\tCargo handling (6301).\n5.\t Storage & warehousing (6302).\n6.\tOther supporting transport activities (6303).\n7.\tActivities of travel agencies (6304).\n8.\tActivities of other transport agencies (6309).\n9.\tCourier activities (6412).\n10.\tTelecommunications (6420).","data_kind":"Complete enumeration [enu]","notes":"The objective of the survey was to obtain data on:\n1. Number of enterprises and persons engaged in economic survey series 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."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority  "}],"sampling_procedure":"The number of establishments in Transport and Communication survey for the base year 2003, frame - (476), which form the whole frame distributed in  remaining West bank and Gaza Strip governorates depending on the 1997 population, housing and establishments census in determining of the frame of transport establishments where comprehensive counting for all construction activities was adopted.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"They are one forms of the Transport and Storageand Communication survey questionnaire 2003 of the Palestinian Territory, it's related to household and branches, and  the non-financial companies sector. The questionnaire contains the following main variables:\n1. The persons engaged in enterprise and compensation of these employees.\n2. Value of output from the main activity and secondary activity. \n3. Production inputs of goods and services.\n4. Payments and transfers.\n5. Taxes on production.\n6. Assets and capital formation.","coll_situation":"Selection and Training of Field workers: \nField workers are subjected to personal interviews and undergo certain practical and theoretical training to provide them with the key components and the definitions of the questionnaire. The best trainees who pass the theoretical and practical training chosen to collect data.\n\nFieldwork Management and Organization:\nFieldwork directorate supervises data collection and coordinate to the fieldworkers to perform the set plans for each survey.  The fieldwork staff constitute of coordinators, supervisors in addition to the editing staff.  Implementing this mission requires the existence of district offices close to working areas to be used as centers for fieldwork staff and fieldwork tools.\n\nData Collection Method:\nFieldworkers collect data through personal interviews with the owners or the managers of the selected economic establishments.\n\nFieldwork editing:\nFieldworkers and supervisors make an initial formally and technically editing depends on prepared editing rules.\n\nOffice Editing:\nThe filled questionnaires are subjected to editing where the inaccurate questionnaires resend to the fieldwork again to correct the mistakes and to complete the missing parts. \n\nCoding:\nAfter finish editing process the completed questionnaires subject to coding process to be prepared to the data entry process.","act_min":"Field visits were conducted by survey's management team to ensure data collection was carried out according to standards","weight":"The sampling weight of the enterprise is the mathematical turned of the possibility selection\nof that enterprise. It is necessary to use weights in the estimation of the survey society\nbecause of the differentiation in the possibility of enterprises' selection from another one.","cleaning_operations":"To ensure the quality and consistency of data, a set of measures was introduced as follows:\n\u00b7   Creation of a data entry program prior to the collection of data to ensure this would be ready.\n\u00b7   A set of validation rules were applied to the program to check the consistency of data.\n\u00b7   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.\n\u00b7   Well-trained data entry personnel were selected and trained for main data entry.\n\u00b7   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.","method_notes":"The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is pleased to issue the tenth volume of the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2003 as reference year.  These surveys cover most of economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994.\n\n\nThe following is the exchange ratios to US$:\nUS$\/ NIS = 4.5512\nUS$ \/ JD = 0.7088"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Response rate 75.34%","sampling_error_estimates":"Statistical Errors:\nThe findings of the survey are  not affected by statistical errors due to using  comprehensive sample"}},"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 Statistics2004, Transport and Storageand Communication Survey - 2003).   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 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. \nThe 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  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."}}}}