{"doc_desc":{"title":"Outbound Tourism Survey 2004","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-OTS-2004-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"The collection, processing and publishing of data"}],"prod_date":"2013-07-18","version_statement":{"version":"(Public use file): V1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-OTS-2004-V1.0","title":"Outbound Tourism Survey 2004","alt_title":"OTS","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c\u064a\u0629 2004"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"the Palestinian National Authority","affiliation":"PNA","email":"","role":""},{"name":"the Core Funding Group","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":""},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","affiliation":"SDC","email":"","role":""},{"name":"Department for International  Development","affiliation":"DFID","email":"","role":""},{"name":"The European Commission","affiliation":"EC","email":"","role":""}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"The collection, processing and publishing of data"}],"copyright":"\u00a9All rights reserved.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,  Outbound Tourism Survey, 2004","funding_agencies":[{"name":"the Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"Funding"},{"name":"the Core Funding Group","abbreviation":"CFG","role":"Funding"},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","abbreviation":"SDC","role":"Funding"},{"name":"Department for International  Development","abbreviation":"DFID","role":"Funding"},{"name":"The European Commission","abbreviation":"EC","role":"Funding"}]},"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":"Other Household Survey [hh\/oth]"},"version_statement":{"version":"(Public use file): V1.0","version_date":"2013-07-18"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Outbound Tourism","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical Terms","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"},{"keyword":"Visitor","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical Terms","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"leisure, tourism and sport [13.4]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"Objectives of the Survey:\n  The survey provided data on: \n\tThe members of the household that took part in the trip.\n\tThe main purposes of the visit. \n\tThe main characteristics of the households that conducted\/did not conduct trips.\n\tThe length of stay of the trips.\n\tThe amount and mode of expenditure during the trips.","time_periods":[{"start":"2004-01-01","end":"2004-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2005-01-02","end":"2005-04-01","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"The Palestinian Territory","analysis_unit":"Household the Palestinian Territory","universe":"Household the Palestinian Territory","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"Objectives of the Survey:\n  The survey provided data on: \n\tThe members of the household that took part in the trip.\n\tThe main purposes of the visit. \n\tThe main characteristics of the households that conducted\/did not conduct trips.\n\tThe length of stay of the trips.\n\tThe amount and mode of expenditure during the trips."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"sampling_procedure":"Sampling Frame \nSampling frame is a master sample from the Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1997.  It consists of a list of enumeration areas, which were used as PSU's in the first stage of selection\n\nSampling Design \nThe sample of this survey is a sub-sample of Labour Force Survey (LFS) sample, that is conducted every 13 weeks. The total sample of LFS is about 7,563 households distributed over 13 weeks\nThe sample of the Outbound Tourism Survey occupies 11 weeks of the first quarter 2005 of LFS\n\n\nStratification: \nIn designing the sample of LFS, four levels of stratification were made\n\tStratification by governorate.   \n\tStratification by place of residence which comprises\n       (a) Urban           (b) Rural        (c) Refugee camps   \n\tStratification by locality size\n.\tStratification by classifying localities, excluding governorate capitals, into three strata based on the ownership of households within these localities of durable goods  \n\nSample Unit: \nIn the first stage, the sampling units are the enumerator areas (clusters) in the master sample. In the second stage, the sampling units are the households","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"Survey's Questionnaire\nThe Outbound Tourism survey questionnaire was designed in accordance with similar country experience and with international standards and recommendations for the most important indicators, taking into account the special situation of the Palestinian Territory.","coll_situation":"Data Collection \nField work started on 02\/01\/2005 and lasted until 01\/04\/2005. Field work teams were distributed to all districts proportional to the sample size of each governorate. The field work team consisted of 24 members including one field work coordinator, 4 supervisors, 4 editors and 15 interviewers.","act_min":"The field work team consisted of 24 members including one field work coordinator, 4 supervisors, 4 editors and 15 interviewers.","weight":"Weight Calculation and the Estimation \nBecause the sampling weight counteractive with the percentage sample from the frame, and as this ratio different from the percentage sample for the society in reference period, therefore the weight was adjusted to show number of population in 2004.  And the weight was adjusted to make the distribution of people in the sample by region, sort, and structure age become identical to this distribution on census 1997 Finally, weight were adjusted to compensate for incomplete cases that occur during data collecting","cleaning_operations":"Data Processing \nThe data processing stage consisted of the following operations: \n\tEditing and coding before data entry: All questionnaires were edited and coded in the     office using the same instructions adopted for editing in the field.   \n\tData entry: At this stage, data was entered into the computer using a data entered template written in Access. The data entry program was prepared to satisfy a number of requirements such as: \n\tDuplication of the questionnaires on the computer screen. \n\tLogical and consistency check of data entered. \n\tPossibility for internal editing of question answers. \n\tMaintaining a minimum of digital data entry and fieldwork errors. \n\tUser friendly handling. \n\tPossibility of transferring data into another format to be used and analyzed using other statistical analytic systems such as SPSS."},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"response rate 85%","sampling_error_estimates":"Sampling Errors: \nThese types of errors evolved as a result of studying a part of the society and not all of it. For this survey, variance calculations were made for the purpose of outbound trips specially in Gaza strip.   \n\nNon Sampling Errors: \nThese errors are due to non-response cases as well as the implementation of surveys.   In this survey, these errors emerged because of (a) the special situation of the questionnaire itself which depends on type of estimation (b) diversity of sources (e.g. the interviewers, respondent, editors, coders, data entry operator \u2026etc)."}},"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, 2005.  Outbound Tourism Survey 2004, Main Results.  Ramallah- Palestine","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  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."}}}}