Economic Surveys Series 2018
West Bank and Gaza, 2019
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Economic Surveys Series 2018
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | WBG |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics issued the twenty-fourth volume of the Economic Survey of Palestine, including statistical tables of findings. This edition presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2018 as the reference year and covers most of the economic activities operating in Palestine since 1994.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Enterprises
Version
Version 1.0. Datasets for public use
Scope
The topics covered in the Economic Survey Series 2018 are as follows:
- Number of employed persons and compensation of waged employees.
- Value of output from the main and the secondary activity.
- Production inputs of goods and services.
- Fees, taxes and subsidies on production.
- Assets and capital formation.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
West Bank and Gaza Strip
The sample size in Palestine (excludes those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967) in 2018 was 9,501 enterprises out of 139,778 enterprises comprising the survey sampling frame.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | State of Palestine |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The Representative Office of Norway | financial |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Representative Office of Norway | CFG | financial |
Sampling
The sample of the economic surveys series was One-Stage Stratified Systematic Random Sample in which enterprises were divided into two types: the first type covered overall enterprises taken comprehensively, the second type covered enterprises selected in a systematic random way in which the enterprise constituted the sampling unit.
Three levels of strata were used to draw up an efficient representative sample.
- The frame is separated into two geographical locations: the West Bank excludes those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967, and the Gaza Strip.
- Strata are created based on the fourth digit of ISIC-4, exclude services sector based on the second in which every activity presents actual stratum.
- Within each stratum, new strata are created according to employment size.
The sample size in Palestine (excludes those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967) in 2018 was 9,501 enterprises out of 139,778 enterprises comprising the survey sampling frame.
The response rate for the Economic Survey Series 2018 is of 96.4%.
The weight of statistical units (sampling unit) in the sample was defined as the mathematical inverse of the selection probability where the sample of the survey is one-stage stratified systematic random sample, so we calculated the weight of each enterprise depending on the selection probability of each enterprise (a systematic random sample), then weights were adjusted based on interview result.
Survey instrument
The design of the 2018 questionnaire took into account the major economic variables pertaining the sector examined and met with the National Accounts for Palestine according to SNA 2008. All of the economic surveys series used the same questionnaire, with a few different characteristics pertaining to each survey.
The questionnaire included these variables:
- Number of employed persons and compensation of employees.
- Value of output from the main activity and the secondary activities.
- Production inputs of goods and services.
- Fees, taxes and subsidies on production.
- Assets and capital formation.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2019-04-07 | 2019-08-01 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Field visits were conducted by survey's management team to ensure data collection was carried out according to standards
Data were collected by trained fieldworkers through personal interviews with the owners of the enterprises by entering data through PC-Tablets in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
Data processing
There are two steps:
First: The entering program for PC-Tablets was designed to prevent entering any contrasting data during data entry.
Second: List of questionnaires that included errors related to the logically of the data after entering the data by field worker.
Data appraisal
Sampling Errors
Data of this survey affected by sampling errors due to the use of the sample. Therefore, certain differences were expected in comparison with the real values obtained through censuses. Variance were calculated for the most important indicators as shown in tables below. Dissemination of results at the national level did not pose a problems.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | State of Palestine | 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. |
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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 .
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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 Statistics, Economic Survey Series, 2018. V1.0 Ramallah - Palestine
Disclaimer and copyrights
PCBS provides 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.
© All Rights Reserved. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of user services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Dus@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
| Mail office | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
Metadata production
DDI_WBG_2019_ESS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | State of Palestine | Collection, processing and dissemination data |
2021-08-24
Metadata version
Version 01 (August 2021). This version is identical to PSE-PCBS-ESS-2018-V1.0, except for the following fields that were modified by the World Bank: study ID and DDI ID.