Palestine - Domestic Violence Survey, 2005

Household-Violence
Reference ID PSE-PCBS-DVS-2005-V1.0
Year 2005 - 2006
Country Palestine
Producer(s) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - Palestinian National Authority
Sponsor(s) The Palestinian National Authority - PNA - Financial assistance
The Core Funding Group - CFG - Financial assistance
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC - Financial assistance
The Representative Office of Norway - PNA - Finan
Collection(s)
Household Violence
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Dec 24, 2019
Last modified
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Overview
Identification
Country
Palestine
Title
Domestic Violence Survey, 2005

Translated Title
مسح العنف الاسري 2005

Study Type
Other Household Survey
Series Information
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.

ID Number
PSE-PCBS-DVS-2005-V1.0
Version
Version Description
Version 1.0 dataset for public distribution

Production Date
2012-04-22
Overview
Abstract
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.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
Household, individual

Scope
Notes
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.

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS [12] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
Keywords
Violence
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
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.

Universe
·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
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
Other Producer(s)
NameAffiliationRole
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National AuthorityProduct the survey
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
The Palestinian National Authority PNAFinancial assistance
The Core Funding Group CFGFinancial assistance
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDCFinancial assistance
The Representative Office of Norway PNAFinancial assistance
The Representative Office the Representative Office of Netherlands PNAFinancial assistance
UK Department for International Development DFIDFinancial assistance
The European Commission EUFinancial assistance
The World Bank WBFinancial assistance
Other Acknowledgements
NameAffiliationRole
The Core Funding Group represented by the representative office CFGresponded to the survey instrument
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDCresponded to the survey instrument
The Representative Office of Norway PNAresponded to the survey instrument
The Representative Office the Representative Office of Netherlands PNAresponded to the survey instrument
UK Department for International Development DFIDresponded to the survey instrument
The European Commission EUresponded to the survey instrument
The World Bank WBresponded to the survey instrument
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Palestinian Central Bureau of StatisticsPCBSPalestinian Nationa AuthorityProduction and execute the survey
Date of Metadata Production
2012-04-22
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 (APR / 2012)

DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-DVS-2005-V1.0

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