{"doc_desc":{"title":"Labor Force Survey 2000","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-LFS-2000-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian Nationa Authority","role":"Production and execute the survey"}],"prod_date":"2017-03-22","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 (March \/ 2017)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-LFS-2000-V1.0","title":"Labor Force Survey 2000","alt_title":"LFS","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 2000"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"The Core Funding Group represented by the representative office","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"responded to the survey instrument"},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","affiliation":"SDC","email":"","role":"responded to the survey instrument"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Product the survey"}],"copyright":"\u00a9 All Rights Reserved.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Labor Force Survey 2000.","funding_agencies":[{"name":"The Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"Financial assistance"},{"name":"The Core Funding Group","abbreviation":"CFG","role":"Financial assistance"},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","abbreviation":"SDC","role":"Financial assistance"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Division of Users Services","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics ","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps ","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps "}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Labor Force Survey [hh\/lfs]","series_info":"This programme consists of an integrated series of labour force surveys, the first of which was issued in October 1995.  The Palestinian Labour Force Survey Programme conducts surveys quarterly.\nThe main objective of collecting data on the Palestinian labour force 2000  including components of employment, unemployment and underemployment, is to provide basic information on the relative size and structure of the Palestinian labour force. Data collected at different points in time provide a basis for monitoring current trends and changes in the labour market and in employment.  These data supported with information on other aspects of the economy provide a basis for the evaluation and analysis of macro-economic policies."},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 dataset for public distribution","version_date":"2017-03-22"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Unemployed","vocab":"Concepts and Definition Dictionary","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"},{"keyword":"Economically active population (Labour Force)","vocab":"Concepts and Definition Dictionary","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"Focuses mainly on labour force key indicators, main characteristics of the employed, unemployed, underemployed and persons outside labour force, labour force according to level of education, distribution of the employed population by occupation, economic activity, place of work, employment status, hours and days worked and average daily wage in NIS for the employees.","time_periods":[{"start":"2000-01-01","end":"2000-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2000-01-01","end":"2000-12-31","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"The Data are representative at region level (West Bank, Gaza Strip), locality type (urban, rural, camp) and governorates","analysis_unit":"Household, individual","universe":"The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in  Palestine","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The lfs questionnaire consists of four main sections: \n\nIdentification Data:\nThe main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of  locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.\n\nQuality Control:\nThis part involves  groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of  questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.\n\nHousehold Roster:\nThis part involves demographic characteristics  about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level\u2026etc.\n\nEmployment Part:\nThis part involves the major  research indicators, where  one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"sampling_procedure":"Sampling Frame\nThe sampling frame consisted of a master sample of enumeration areas (EAs) selected from the population housing and estableshment census 1997, the master sample cosists of area units of relatively equal size (number of housholds), these units have been used as primary sampling units (PSUs).\n \nSampling Frame and Target Population:\n\nTarget Population:\nIt consists of all individuals aged 10 years and older normally residing in their households in Palestine during 2000.\n\n\nSample Design:\nThe sample is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample.\n\nStratification:\nTwo levels of stratification were made:\nStratification by Governorates.\n\nStratification by type of locality which comprises: \n(a) Urban\t                   (b) Rural                 (c) Refugee Camps \t \n\n\nSample Rotation:\nEach round of the Labor Force Survey covers all of the 481 master sample enumeration areas.  Basically, the areas remain fixed over time, but households in 50% of the EAs were replaced in each round. The same households remain in the sample for two consecutive rounds, left for the next two rounds, then selected for the sample for another two consecutive rounds before being dropped from the sample.  An overlap of 50% is then achieved between both consecutive rounds and between consecutive years (making the sample efficient for monitoring purposes).","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"The lfs questionnaire consists of four main sections: \nIdentification Data:\nThe main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of  locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.\nQuality Control:\nThis part involves  groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of  questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.\nHousehold Roster:\nThis part involves demographic characteristics  about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level\u2026etc.\nEmployment Part:\nThis part involves the major  research indicators, where  one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.","coll_situation":"The purpose of the training courses was to teach participants the main skills needed to conduct interviews.  Two training courses were held, one in Ramallah for the West Bank trainees, and one in Gaza City for Gaza Strip trainees.  Each course consisted of two parts: one on survey methodology including survey design, questionnaire design, interviewing techniques, and field operations; and one part on specifications of the labour force survey, including concepts and definitions, fieldwork procedures, data collection, editing, coding, tips for asking questions and recording answers, as well as field team organization and field supervision","act_min":"Re-interview\nField visits\nTechnical procedures to protect data","weight":"TWeights Calculation of households:\nThe weight of statistical units (sampling units) in the sample is defined as the mathematical inverse of the selection probability where the sample of the survey is a two-stage stratified cluster sample. Thus, in the first stage we calculate the weight of enumeration areas  depending on the probability of each enumeration area (a systematic random sample). In the second stage we calculate the weight of households in each enumeration area. Initial household weights resulted from the product of the weight of the first stage and the weight of the second stage. Final household weights were obtained after adjustment of initial weights with the household estimates of the middle of each quarter of 2000 with regard to design strata (governorate, locality type).   \n\nFor individuals over 10 years, we added the final household weight for each person, then adjusted the initial individual weight with the estimates of individuals of the middle of each quarter of 2000 according to region (West Bank, Gaza Strip), sex ( male, female), five -year age groups (14 groups), then we obtained the final adjusted individual weight.","cleaning_operations":"Data editing took place at a number of stages through the processing including:\n1. office editing and coding\n2. during data entry\n3. structure checking and completeness\n4. structural checking of SPSS data files","method_notes":"Both data entry and tabulation were performed using the ACCESS and SPSS software programs. Data entry was organized in one files, corresponding to the main parts of the questionnaire. A data entry template was designed to reflect an exact image of the questionnaire, and included various electronic checks: logical check, range checks, consisting checks and cross-validation. Complete manual inspection of results after data entry was performed, and questionnaires containing field-related errors were sent back to the field for correction"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"The estimated sample size in the first quarter was 7,559 households, in the second quarter it was 7,559 households, in the third quarter it was 7,559 households and in the fourth quarter it was 7,559 households.\n The total number of the households was about 30,236  households.  In the fourth quarter only 7,349 houshold have been interviewed due to the Israeli comprehensive closure and aggression against the palestinian people.\n\" The overall response rate for the survey was 89.5%","sampling_error_estimates":"Detailed information on the sampling Error is available in the Survey Report.","data_appraisal":"Detailed information on the data appraisal is available in the Survey Report"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"General Statistics Law \nNo. (5) for Year 2000\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,Labor Force Survey 2000 . V 1.0  (05-2001). 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":"The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses."}}}}