{"doc_desc":{"title":"Transport, Storage and Communication Survey 2004","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-TRANS-2004-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection, processing and dissemination data"}],"prod_date":"2013-03-21","version_statement":{"version":"V1.0 Version"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-TRANS-2004-V1.0","title":"Transport, Storage and Communication Survey 2004","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 2004"},"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":"WB","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"The European Commission","affiliation":"EC","email":"","role":"financial    "},{"name":"Department of International Development","affiliation":"DFID","email":"","role":"financial    "}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics \u060c2005.  Transport and Storageand Communication Survey. 2004.","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    "}],"grant_no":"CFG CFG CFG CFG CFG"},"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 central statistical offices in most countries place heavy emphasis on constructing sound databases for all activities within the services sector. PCBS' Services Statistics Program is part of the Economic Statistics Program, which is part of the larger program for establishing the System of Official Statistics for Palestine. PCBS initiated, in the reference year 1994, the economic surveys series. The series includes, in addition to the services survey, surveys on industry, internal trade construction-contractors, and transport and storage sectors for the purpose of establishing a time series data base of economic activities in line with international recommendations specified in System of National Account (SNA) 93 and in the UN manual for Services Statistics. The sampling frame for the different economic surveys was based on the findings of the 2004 Establishment Census conducted by PCBS."},"version_statement":{"version":"v0.1: version (datasets for public use)","version_date":"2013-03-25"},"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 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 2004.  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.","time_periods":[{"start":"2004-01-01","end":"2004-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2005-04-01","end":"2005-06-15","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 2004, frame - (691), which form the whole frame distributed in  remaining West bank and Gaza Strip governorates depending on the 2004 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 2004 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":"For insuring data quality, a series of measures were taken in to a account that support accuracy  of data collection through the following:\n\u00b7\tSelection of specialized fieldwork team of economic back ground, the team was trained theoretically and practically on the survey questionnaire.\n\u00b7\tThe main fieldwork team was selected according to the training course.\n\u00b7\tField work visits by both fieldwork and project management staff for monitoring and following up data collection process and progress of work, An average of two visits for each governorate, a bout 90% of completed questionnaires was reviewed and corrected if needed, comments and notes were directed to the team accordingly.\n\u00b7\tDifferent levels of supervision and monitoring toke place a according to the following division:\no\tFieldworkers\no\tFieldworkers supervisors \no\tFieldwork coordinator.  (Each of them has responsibilities in monitoring )  \n\u00b7\tProject management receive a daily progress report about completeness and response.\n\u00b7\tConducting a refreshment training course during the stage of data collection for emphasizing the main issues of  training and answering questions of fieldworkers about issues faced them in the field.","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":"Data processing:\nFor  insuring quality and consistency of data a set of measures were taken in to account for strengthening accuracy of data as follows:\n\u00b7\tPreparing data entry program before data collection for checking readiness of the program for data entry.\n\u00b7\tA set of validation rules were applied on the program for  checking consistency of data.\n\u00b7\tEfficiency of the program was checked through pre-testing in entering few questionnaires, including incorrect information for checking its efficiency, in capturing these information.\n\u00b7\tWell trained data keyers were selected and trained for the main data entry.\n\u00b7\tWeekly 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."},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Response rate 94.1%","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 Statistics2005, Transport and Storageand Communication Survey - 2004.   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."}}}}