Palestine - Time Use Survey 1999/2000

Palestine Time Use Survey 1999/2000

مسح استخدام الوقت 2000/1999

Other Household Survey The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics had carried out this survey for the first time during the period May 8th 1999 - May 7th 2000, i.e. The Time Use Survey provides data on the social structure in Palestine. It takes essential part in defining the nature of the activities practiced by the Palestinians in their daily life, including productive activities (paid and unpaid), housekeeping and management, Care of Children and household members, in addition to the recreational activities such as viewing television and listening to radio.

ID Number PSE-PCBS-TUS-1999-2000-V1.0

The Time Use Survey Questionnaire consists of three main sections:

1. Household Questionnaire: This questionnaire involves the identification data and the household members records. It also contains the demographic and economic background characteristics for the household members, in addition to data on household properties and levels of income.

2. Individuals (10 years and above) Questionnaire: This questionnaire is related to the randomly selected individuals to complete the time record. The individual questionnaire involves data on the educational and employment status of the individual along with information on the cultural status. This section is comprised of two main parts: A part targeting males and a part targeting females. This section aims to provide basic data on the individuals to relate them to the data derived from the time record.

3. Daily Record Questionnaire: This questionnaire involves data on the activities of the individuals and the time spent in rendering those activities. This record also shows whether the activity was performed in return for a wage or unpaid, along with information on whether the individual was accompanied by other individuals while performing the activity. Likewise, this record indicates the means of transportation used in performing the various activities in a 24 hours basis. In the adopted record of the Palestinian Time Use Survey, the day was divided into temporal intervals varying from 15 minutes during the day and 30 minutes after midnight until 6:00 morning.

Coding

In order to assure accurate and consistent coding, the coding process was centrally implemented in the offices of the Fieldwork Directorate. In this stage, the activities recorded by the interviewers were coded based on a special coding manual at the third digit level. On the other hand, the occupations were coded in accordance with the International Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) at the third - digit - level.

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
time use [13.9]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Time spent in various activities, Housekeeping and household-oriented shopping activities The Data are representative at region level (West Bank, Gaza Strip), locality type (urban, rural, camp) .

- Region (West Bank, Gaza Strip)

- locality type (urban, rural, camp)

The target population of the Time Use Survey consists of all individuals in the age group 10 years and over who are usually resident in the Palestinian Territory.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics	PCBS	Palestinian Nationa Authority	Production and execute the survey

2013-07-24 Version 1.0 ( july 2013)

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