{"doc_desc":{"title":"Population Housing and Establishment Census 2007","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-CEN-2007-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection, processing and dissemination data "}],"prod_date":"2011-06-20","version_statement":{"version":"1.5 (July2009).This version is modified from 1.1 version"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-CEN-2007-V1.0","title":"Population Housing and Establishment Census 2007","sub_title":"Census 2007","alt_title":"PHC","translated_title":"\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u062f\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0645 \u0644\u0644\u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0643\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0634\u0627\u062a 2007"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"Palestinian National Authority","affiliation":"PS","email":"","role":"very critical and complicated political, administrative, financial and organizational environment."},{"name":"United Nations United Nations United Nations Population Fund","affiliation":"UNFPA","email":"","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"The core funding group","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"(Norway, Netherlands, and Switzerland),","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"OPEC Fund for International Development","affiliation":"OFID","email":"","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"Australia, and United Nations Children Fund","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"the Census National Director","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Helping in carrying out the census"},{"name":"Executive Director","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Helping in carrying out the census"},{"name":"All census national team members","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Helping in carrying out the census"},{"name":"The national and executive director, census directors in the governorates and their assistants, coordinators of publicity campaign and their assistants, field supervisors, field observers, enumerators, administrators and other team members) to plan, manage, implement, supervise, monitor, and coordinate census activities.","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Helping in carrying out the census"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"carrying out the census from idea to the results"}],"copyright":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,  Population, Housing and Establishment Census - Final  Results,2007. Ramallah - Palestine.","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PS","role":"very critical and complicated political, administrative, financial and organizational environment."},{"name":"United Nations United Nations United Nations Population Fund","abbreviation":"UNFPA","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"The core funding group","abbreviation":"CFG","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"(Norway, Netherlands, and Switzerland),","abbreviation":"","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"OPEC Fund for International Development","abbreviation":"OFID","role":"Co-financed"},{"name":"Australia, and United Nations Children Fund","abbreviation":"UNICEF","role":"Co-financed"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Division of user services","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","email":" diwan@pcbs.gov.ps   ","uri":" http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Population and Housing Census [hh\/popcen]","series_info":"This is a second census in Palestine\u060c Since the first census carried out in 1997"},"version_statement":{"version":"V1.0 version created in 2005 and modified in 2009","version_date":"2011-06-20","version_notes":"International Household Survey standard DDI templet to be used for surveys \u060ccensuses and adminisrative records\nThis is an upgraed from the previous format\u060cthe main changes are:\n- Disable Cube Setup and CellNotes for editor 1.1"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"individuale","vocab":"Population Census","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1487.pdf"},{"keyword":"household","vocab":"Population Census","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1487.pdf"},{"keyword":"housing unit","vocab":"Population Census","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1487.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"censuses [14.1]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The main objective of the PHC-2007 is to provide figures for the Palestinian population and\ntheir geographical distribution in accordance with a number of relatively stable basic\ncharacteristics to inform socioeconomic development purposes. Preparations for conducting\ncensuses take usually 3-5 years for piloting, testing tools, work plans, human and physical\nneeds and timetable. The census is one of the most important statistical activities as it\nprovides statistical data on the distribution of population, and their demographic, social and\neconomic characteristics in a certain reference period of time for all the individuals within the\nborders of the state.","time_periods":[{"start":"2007-11-30","end":"2007-12-01","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2007-12-01","end":"2007-12-16","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank and Gaza Strip","geog_unit":"Palestinian Territory","analysis_unit":"individual, household","universe":"The PHC-2007 covered all individuals who were in the Palestinian Territory on the census reference night (30\/11-1\/12\/2007) regardless of nationality and citizenship.  It also covered all Palestinians who have usual residence in the Palestinian Territory  (including those who were temporarily absent for less than one year for the purpose of visit, tourism, treatment, etc. while their households are still living at their permanent places of residence in the Palestinian Territory). All Palestinian students abroad while their households are still living at their permanent places of residence were also included, in addition to all prisoners and detainees in the Israeli jails regardless of the duration of detention.  The census excluded all Palestinians holding identity cards who were absent for more than one year (except for the students), even if their households are still living in their places of residence in the Palestinian Territory","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data [cen]","notes":"Palestinian Household\u060cSex\nAge in Completed Years\u060cOriginal Nationality\u060cRefugee Status\u060cHandicapped and Disabled\u060cSeeing (Visual) Disability\u060cHearing (Auditory) Disability\u060cMoving Disability\u060cCognition Disability\u060cCommunication Disability\u060cEducational Attendance\u060cYears of Schooling Completed\u060cIlliterate\u060cCan Read and Write\u060cSpecialization\u060cEmployed\u060cLabour Force Status\u060cMain Occupation\u060c\nMain Economic Activit\u060cMarital Status\u060cHouse\u060cHouse type\u060cRoom\u060cConnection to Water\u060cElectricity\u060cConnection to Sanitation"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"sampling_procedure":"It consists of all the enumerated households in the Census 2007 and who are staying in the west bank at the time of enumeration.\nWe select a systematic random sample from each enumeration area in the Census, and we select a 20% of the total households concluding all the individuals in the household","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"The census questionnaire for the buildings is divided into four parts:\nPart one: includes identification data, such as: governorate, locality name, locality code, booklet no. in locality, total booklets in locality, no. of completed pages in booklet, enumeration area.  \nPart two: includes data for all buildings, such as:\n1.\tBuilding Serial No. in the page\n2.\tBuilding No. in Enumeration Area\n3.\tName of the Owner of the Building or Building Name and Address\n4.\tBuilding Municipality No.\n5.\tType of Building\n6.\tType of Ownership\n7.\tMaterial of External Walls\n8.\tNo. of  Stories\n9.\tCurrent Use of Building\n10.\tEstablishments Year\n11.\tTotal No. Houses in Building\nPart three: includes data for all Houses, such as:\n1.\tNo. of  Houses in the Building\n2.\tCurrent Use of Houses\n3.\tThe reason for Closed, Vacant and Deserted Houses\nPart four: includes data for all Houses used for habitation or work and habitation, such as:\n1.\tName of the Head of Household\nNo. of Household Members","coll_situation":"Fieldwork Operations\n1. Training\nObservers were trained in different offices in all the governorates in the Palestinian Territory by the managers and their assistants and supervisors, and had organized field visits to various training rooms in order to ensure that training was conducted according to the instructions.\n\n2. Fieldwork \nFieldwork was implemented at this stage in different operations by the supervisors and observers who were trained well in order to ensure the accuracy of the work.\n These operations are:\n1.Enumeration areas were identified on the ground by the supervisors; special marking materials were used at all external borders of each enumeration area.\n2.The buildings and houses were numbered on the ground by the observer, by putting a census count No. for each building and every house, and the data of buildings, houses and households was collected in the booklets.\n3. Field Visits\nField visits were arranged by trained personnel in order to monitor the field operations and to discover any deviations that occurred, in addition to identifying the extent of implications of instructions.","act_min":"Ensuring the accuracy of the work\nIdentifing enumeration areas on the ground","weight":"We will calculate the weights for the sample depending on the method of selection. Those weights should be used in the Estimation\n\nWe will use the weights when we want to estimate the Mean , Ratio, Proportion and Total. We can do that when using the software package such as SPSS by activating the weight variable. Or we can multiply all the variables by the weight variable. Noting that the output estimates doesn't include the under coverage which calculated after the post-enumeration","cleaning_operations":"The data processing stage contain of the following operations:\n1. Editing before Data Entry\nAt this stage all booklets were edited in the office using the instructions previously prepared for checking to ensure consistent data.\n2. Data Entry Program\nThe data entry program was prepared and designed according to the census questionnaire. The program was prepared by using the Oracle database. \n3. Data Entry\nAfter the completion of the design and the testing of the data entry program and training of data keyers, work began on data entry.","method_notes":"Checking and Cleaning Data after Data Entry\nAfter the completion of the data entry process, work began on checking and cleaning data as follows:\n1.Auditing skips and values allowed.\n2.Checking the consistency between different census questionnaire questions based on logical relationships.\n3.Examinations on the basis of relations between certain questions. \n Final Results\nAfter the completion of data processing in all stages, tables are extracted from the final version of the data"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"100%","sampling_error_estimates":"Not Applicaple"}},"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,  Population, Housing and Establishment Census - Final  Results,2007. Version 1.5 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. 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."}}}}