Palestine - HouseHold Cultural Survey 2009

Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-CULT-2009-V1.0

Year

2009

Country

Palestine

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics - Palestinian National Authority

Sponsor(s)

Core Funding Group - CFG - Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC - Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Palestinian National Authority - PNA - Dat

Collection(s)

Household Culture

Created on

Feb 27, 2013

Last modified

Feb 27, 2013

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Overview

Identification

Country

Palestine

Title

HouseHold Cultural Survey 2009

Translated Title

مسح الثقافة الاسري، 2009

Study Type

Sample Frame, Households

Series Information

, PCBS implemented the first Household Culture Survey in 1996, and incorporated culture-relevant questions with the time-use survey 1999/2000. Additionally, PCBS implemented Mass Media Survey in year 2000, followed by the Computer, Internet and Mobile Phone Survey in 2004. In 2006, a Household Survey was carried out for the benefits of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications.The Household Culture Survey aims to provide quantifiable indicators related to cultural activities and role of mass media in spreading the culture

ID Number

PSE-PCBS-CULT-2009-V1.0

Version

Version Description

Version 1.0 (edited/final), based on data files and other material downloaded from PCBS/HHCS website on 05 December 2009.

Production Date

2009-06

Overview

Abstract

The Household Culture Survey aims to provide quantifiable indicators related to cultural

activities and role of mass media in spreading the culture; examples of such information

include:

1. Availability of a home library, type of library collection, the culture of reading "the

habit of reading and reading newspapers."

2. Tendency to listen to the radio or watching television and time spent by each person in

these activities, and the programs that are being watched or listened to.

3. Popularity to visit cultural institutions and the practice of individuals to cultural

activities.

4. Popularity of TV and broadcasting stations, and the sources of news and information,

and the main sources of entertainment and recreation.

5. Proliferation of newspapers and magazines and how to obtain them, and the sections

of the newspapers that have the largest number of readers.

6. Connection to the Internet.

7. The scope of using computers and the Internet; and the intended purpose of such

usage.

8. The scope of household monitoring to the type of television programs being watched

by children, and the number of hours being spent watching television.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Household.

Person 10 years and over .

Scope

Notes

The forms of the survey consists of identification data of the questionnaire, quality controls, in addition to three main sections:

Section I: Data about household members that include identification fields as well as characteristics of household members (demographic, social and economic) such as the relationship of individuals to head of household, age, sex, refugee status, education, main occupation.

Section II: Household data includes information on the availability of library and its collection, access to newspapers and listening to radio stations and the acquisition of TV set and DVD. In addition, this section includes information on topics related to watching TV, the preferred TV programs as well as the monitoring of households to their children (5-17 years old) while watching television and using computers.

Section III: Data on persons (aged 10 years or more), which includes information about reading newspapers and periodical publication, and the habit of reading books and type of books that persons read. In addition, the information also includes watching television, listening to the radio, and listening to the Voice of Palestine. Also, indicators about the practices of persons of the cultural activities in their free time and places they visit

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
cultural activities and participation [13.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Keywords

Social and cultural activity

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

West Bank , Jerusalem and Gaza Strip

governorate and type of locality

Geographic Unit

Governorate

Universe

All Palestinian households and individuals whose usual place of residence in the Palestinian Territory with focus on persons aged 10 years and over in year 2009

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics	Palestinian National Authority

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Core Funding Group	CFG	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation	SDC	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report
Palestinian National Authority	PNA	Data Collection/ processing/ printing of Main Finding Report

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statisitics	PCBS	Palestinian National Authority	production of reference material

Date of Metadata Production

2009-12-05

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (December 2009)

DDI Document ID

DDI-PSE-PCBS-CULT-2009-V1.0