{"doc_desc":{"title":"Transport and Storage Survey 2011","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-TRANS-2011-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection, processing and dissemination data"}],"prod_date":"2012-01-22","version_statement":{"version":"V1.0 Version 1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-TRANS-2011-V1.0","title":"Transport and Storage Survey 2011","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 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0638\u0645 2011"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"The Palestinian National Authority","affiliation":"","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    "}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics \u060c2012.  Transport and Storage Survey. 2011 .","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    "}]},"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":"This edition(17th) presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2011 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994."},"version_statement":{"version":"v1.0: version (datasets for public use)","version_date":"2013-01-22"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Transport and Storage","vocab":"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":"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 sixteenth volume of economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, including statistical tables of findings. This edition presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2011 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994. \n\nEconomic surveys of various fields constitute the basic foundations for the compilation of National Accounts for Palestine. It is hoped that they will also fulfill the various needs and expectations of users in both the public and private sectors.","time_periods":[{"start":"2011-01-01","end":"2011-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2012-04-01","end":"2012-06-14","cycle":"yearly"}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank and Gaza Strip","analysis_unit":"Enterprises","universe":"The Transport and Storage survey covers all establishments of the following main activities: \n1.\tLand transport and transport via pipelines (49).\n2.\tWarehousing and support activities for transportation (52).\n3.\tPostal and courier activities (53).","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"1. 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."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority  "}],"sampling_procedure":"The number of Enterprise in Transport and Storage survey for the base year 2011, amounted to (199),  which form the whole frame in the West bank  and  Gaza Strip.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"They are one forms of the Transport and Storage survey questionnaire 2011 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":"The interviewers in the fieldwork are selected from the experienced ones in the statistical work and they are also trained theoretically and practically.","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 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":"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."},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Response rate 76.6%","sampling_error_estimates":"Statistical Errors:\n Statistical Errors: The findings of the survey are affected by statistical errors due to using sampling in conducting the survey for the units of the target population, which increases the chances of having variances from the actual values we expect to obtain from the data had we conducted the survey using comprehensive enumeration.. The variance of the key goods in the survey was computed and dissemination was carried out on the level of the Palestinian Territory for reasons related to sample design and computation of the variance of the different indicators.\n\nNon-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, Transport and Storage Survey - 2011. V1.0(5-2012).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."}}}}