Domestic Violence Survey 2005
West Bank and Gaza, 2005 - 2006
Identification
WBG_2005_DVS_v01_M
Domestic Violence Survey 2005
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
The survey is the first one on its kind on national level, These survey targeted women,children and elderly. To provide comprehensive and accurate statistics about domestic violence which may be used by researchers interested in Palestinian household issues to direct policies and develop programs.
Domestic Violence Survey 2005 was designed to provide data and indicators about the types and acts of violence against women, children, unmarried females, and the elderly.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household, individual
Version
2012-04-22
Scope
The scope of the survey includes:
- Demographic, social, and economic characteristics such as age, sex, education, employment status, marital status, and refugee status.
- Types and forms of physical, psychological, and sexual violence a husband subjects his wife to and the types and forms of physical, psychological, and sexual violence a wife subjects her husband to.
- Political violence of the Israeli forces and settlers.
- Psychological and physical abuse a child (aged 5-17) is exposed to according to mother's perspective.
- Psychological violence females are exposed to by household member ( for unmarried women aged 18 and over).
- Psychological and physical abuse elderly people aged 65 and over are exposed to by household member whom they reside or do not reside with.
- Disease and disability among elderly people aged 65 and over.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Children [12.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| Elderly [12.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| Gender and gender roles [12.6] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| Family life and marriage [12.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
West Bank and Gaza
·Ever-married women aged (15-64) Years
·Children aged (5-17) Years
·Unmarried women aged (18 years and over)
·Elderly 65 years and Over
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | Product the survey |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The Palestinian National Authority | Financial assistance |
| The Core Funding Group | Financial assistance |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | Financial assistance |
| The Representative Office of Norway | Financial assistance |
| The Representative Office the Representative Office of Netherlands | Financial assistance |
| UK Department for International Development | Financial assistance |
| The European Commission | Financial assistance |
| The World Bank | Financial assistance |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Core Funding Group represented by the representative office | CFG | responded to the survey instrument |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | SDC | responded to the survey instrument |
| The Representative Office of Norway | PNA | responded to the survey instrument |
| The Representative Office the Representative Office of Netherlands | PNA | responded to the survey instrument |
| UK Department for International Development | DFID | responded to the survey instrument |
| The European Commission | EU | responded to the survey instrument |
| The World Bank | WB | responded to the survey instrument |
Sampling
The number of households in the sample was 4,212 households: 2,772 in the West Bank and 1,440 in the Gaza Strip.
The sampling frame consists of a comprehensive sample selected from the Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 1997. The comprehensive sample consists of geographic areas of close size (with an average of 150 households); these are the enumeration areas used in the Census. These areas where used as PSUs at the first stage of sample selection.
The sample is cluster, random, and systematic of two stages:
First stage: Selecting cluster, random, and systematic sample of 234 enumeration areas.
Second stage: Selecting random sample of households from the selected enumeration areas of the first stage; 18 households were selected from each enumeration area selected during the first stage.
The selection of individuals from the household was so that one married female using the tables of Kish if more than one exist, the selection of one child aged 5-17 years using the tables of Kish, the selection of one unmarried female aged 18 to 64 years using the tables of Kish and the selection of all the elderly 65 years and over.
Response rates are listed by region in Table 4.2.5 of the Report available as external resources.
A weight is "A coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance." The weights were calculated taking into consideration making up for the incomplete cases occurring during data compilation stage; in addition to population distribution by region, sex, and age structure according to the population estimations of the end of the 4th quarter of 2005. It is necessary, when calculating the estimations of the survey indicators to calculate the weights where each analysis unit has a weight that is appropriate to the probability of selecting such unit.
Amending weights is important in reduce bias caused by non-response cases. Amending weight took into consideration the change in the number of the population since the Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 1997 was conducted until the Domestic Violence Survey was conducted.
Also, when weights and estimates were calculated, the number of the population of the Palestinian Territory was considered as well as their distribution by age group at the end of the 4th quarter of 2005. Therefore, the results and estimates and percentages drawn from the survey represent the reality of the Palestinian Territory at that period. The design of the sample was also considered when weights were calculated; however, it was assumed that households were chosen directly from the layers in order to reduce complications.The persons weights were adjusted according to population estimates on the level of Region , Sex, and Age groups.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire of the Domestic Violence Survey consists of five main sections; they are:
Section one: Contains introductory data, quality control items, and a list of the household members including data about demographic, social, and economic characteristics such as age, sex, education, employment status, marital status, and refugee status.
Section two: Deals with ever-married women aged 15-64. This section measures types and forms of physical, psychological, and sexual violence a husband subjects his wife to and the types and forms of physical, psychological, and sexual violence a wife subjects her husband to. The section also deals with the political violence of the Israeli forces and settlers.
Section three: Deals with children aged 5-17 and measures the psychological and physical abuse a child is exposed to according to mother's perspective.
Section four: This section deals with unmarried women aged 18 and over and measures the physical and psychological violence females are exposed to by household member.
Section five: This section deals with elderly people aged 65 and over and measures the psychological and physical abuse they are exposed to by household member whom they reside or do not reside with, and the diseases and disabilities they suffer from.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-12-18 | 2006-01-18 |
| Start date |
|---|
| 2005 |
Special patterns were designed to follow-up receiving and handing in questionnaires at all levels and the daily follow up of interviewers work. The supervisor handed out work on the team using a map and sample. Daily and weekly reports were submitted to the coordinator of the fieldwork and the project administration. The reports explain the number of complete interviews and non-response. In addition to conducting field visits by the technicians and coordinators in order to oversee work and ensure data quality and assisting in solving any problems facing the field team.
The Surveys and Fieldwork Directorate set up a plan for conducting the fieldwork of the main survey in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This stage included preparation of the research team; the tools (questionnaires, maps, and sample statements). The structure of the team was determined according to requirements and nature of tasks and function of the survey. People were recruited at each governorate
Data processing
Data editing took place at a number of stages through the processing including:
- Office editing and coding
- During data entry
- Structure checking and completeness
- Structural checking of SPSS data files
Data appraisal
Detailed information on the sampling Error is available in the Survey Report.
The advisor of the Domestic Violence Survey reviewed the data for the purpose of evaluating its quality and logic. Some specialist on violence also reviewed the data; they affirmed the data quality. Also, the data evaluation was done through reviewing some regional and international studies and comparison with their results. In general, the entire stages of checks proved the accuracy and high quality of the data.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | www.pcbs.gov.ps | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000 Article (17) 1. 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. 2. 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. |
- 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.
- Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .
- 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.
Palestinian Central Bureau of StatisticsDomestic Violence Survey, 2005. V 1.0 (04-2012). Ramallah - West Bank and Gaza.
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of Users Services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
| World Bank Microdata Library | World Bank |
Metadata production
DDI_WBG_2005_DVS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | Production and execute the survey |
2012-04-22
Metadata version
Version 1.1 (January 2014)
Adaptation of Version 1.0 (APR / 2012) (DDI-PSE-PCBS-DVS-2005-V1.0)