Environmental Economic Survey 2008
West Bank and Gaza, 2008
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Environmental Economic Survey 2008
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Environmental Economic survey was implemented in 2008. Its main objective was to provide reliable data of environmental reality on the economic establishments in the Palestinian Territory, including the methods used to handle the solid waste and wastewater. It includes also the role of the local authority in providing the suitable environment that will reduce the negative effect of the different types of pollution on the economic sector.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Economic Establishments
Version
Version 1.5 (edited/final), based on data files and other material downloaded from pcbs website
2010-06-06
Scope
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
West Bank and Gaza Strip
All the Palestinian economic establishments, which included in the Economic Series Survey sample in the Palestinian Territory
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
| Name |
|---|
| Palestinian National Authority |
| Core funding Group |
| European Union. |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian National Authority | (PNA) |
| Core funding Group | (CFG) |
| all Palestinian Establishments that responded to the survey instrument | CFG |
Sampling
The sample is a single-stage stratified cluster random sample. It was 3,458 Palestinian economic establishments distributed according to the economic activities and governorates.The sampling frame was based on the Establishments' Census-2007 conducted by PCBS
Survey instrument
The environmental questionnaire was designed according to international standards and recommendations for the most important indicators, taking into account the special situation of Palestine. Many visits for economical establishments were made in order to improve the survey tools and to test the questionnaire before implementing the survey; consequently some modifications were made on the questionnaire and on the instructions following the visits
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2008-04-20 | 2008-08-03 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Several measures were made to ensure quality control in the survey, such as the training of the fieldworkers on main skills before the start of data collection, and conducting field visits to field researchers to ensure the integrity of data collection, in addition to conducting a re-interview for 5% of the establishments. Audit of questionnaires was carried out before data entry, and then a program was used that does not allow any mistakes during the process of data entry. Data was examined to ensure that they were free from errors not previously discovered. After the receipt of the raw data file, cleaning and inspection of the anomalous values was made, and also inspection of the consistency between the different questions on the questionnaire.
Data processing
The data processing stage contain of the following operations:
Editing before data entry: all questionnaires were edited again in the office using the same instructions adopted for editing in the fields.
Data entry: In this stage data were entered into the computer, using Access database.
The data entry program was prepared to satisfy a number of requirements such as:
- Duplication of the questionnaire on the computer screen.
- Logical and consistency check of data entered.
- Possibility for internal editing of questions answers.
- Maintaining a minimum of digital data entry and fieldwork errors.
- User-Friendly handling.
- Possibility of transferring data into another format to be used and analyzed using other statistical analytical systems such as SAS and SPSS
Data appraisal
Sampling Error: These types of errors evolved as a result of studying a part of the society and not all of it, and because this survey is sample based, the data of this survey will be affected by sampling errors due to using a sample and not the whole frame of the society, and therefore differences appear compared with the actual values that could be obtained through a census. For this survey, variance calculations were made for amounts of water consumed in the economic establishments by region and activity, and the main source of obtaining water in the economic establishments by region and activity.
Access policy
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/pcbs-metadata-en-v4.3/index.php/catalog/243
Cost: None
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | http://www.pcbs.gov.ps | Diwan@pcbs.gov.ps |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Data compiled in the context of Environmental Economic Survey 2009 involves data about Palestinian Establishments. The confidentiality of such data is honored and safeguarded in accordance with Article (17) of the Palestinian General Statistical Law of 2000, which stipulates "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". |
- 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.
Citation requirement is the way that the dataset should be referenced when cited in any publication. Every dataset should have a citation requirement. This will guarantee that the data producer gets proper credit, and that analytical results can be linked to the proper version of the dataset. The Access Policy should explicitly mention the obligation to comply with the citation requirement. The citation should include at least the primary investigator, the name and abbreviation of the dataset, the reference year, and the version number. Include also a website where the data or information on the data is made available by the official data depositor.
Example:
Suggested Citation:
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2009. Environmental Economic Survey, 2009
Disclaimer and copyrights
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) provide you with the data as is, without any warranty or responsibility implied. PCBS accepts no responsibility for the results and/or implications of any analysis and/or other actions conducted with this data.
© September, 2009,Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of users services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | http://www.pcbs.gov.ps |