Palestine - Victimization Survey 2012

Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-VICT-2012-V1.0

Year

2012

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

Collection(s)

Crime and Victimization

Created on

Jan 28, 2020

Last modified

Jan 28, 2020

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5362

Overview

Identification

Country

Palestine

Title

Victimization Survey 2012

Translated Title

مسح الضحية 2012

Study Type

Other Household Survey

Series Information

This study is based on a household sample survey implemented for fifth times in 1996, 1999,2004, 2008, 2012 . It provides basic indicators on various aspects of victimization, including households victimized by criminal offenses, type of criminal offense, tangible losses of crimes, etc. A special questionnaire was designed in accordance with UN standards and recommendations in the field of victimization statistics while taking the Palestinian particularities into account.

ID Number

PSE-PCBS-VICT-2012-V1.0

Version

Version Description

Version 1.1 dataset for public distribution

Production Date

2014-09-24

Overview

Abstract

PCBS conducted the fifth round of the Victimization Survey 2012: data collection was conducted during the 4th quarter of 2012 (01/10/2012 - 31/12/2012).

Six teams of interviewers, three in the West Bank and three in the Gaza Strip carried out the data collection. Each team consisted of a supervisor and two interviewers. Fieldwork teams were distributed to different districts according to sample allocation.

All field staff received a training session combining general theoretical and practical components. Interviewers, supervisors and editors for the survey were selected from those who worked on the Labour Force Survey. Fieldwork procedures and organization were designed to ensure adequate supervision and the collection of high quality data. To this end, several quality control measures were used through out fieldwork.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Household, Individual

Scope

Notes

· Households and persons Victimized by criminal offense, type of criminal offense

· Crime location.

· Perpetrator of crime

· Crime reporting.

· Reported crime underwent legal proceedings.

· Physical harm and tangible losses of criminal offenses.

· Who party prone to tangible losses

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
crime [5.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Keywords

Victimized Households, Victimized Persons

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The Data are representative at region level (West Bank, Gaza Strip), locality type (urban, rural, camp) and governorates

Geographic Unit

- Region (West Bank, Gaza Strip)

- locality type (urban, rural, camp)

- Governorates

Universe

It consists of all Palestinian households who are staying normally in the state of Palestine during 2012, focuses specifically on household and individuals who were victims of criminal acts during the 12 months preceding the survey.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics	Palestinian National Authority

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
The Palestinian National Authority	PNA	Financial assistance
The Core Funding Group	CFG	Financial assistance
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation	SDC	Financial assistance

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
The Core Funding Group represented by the representative office	CFG	Financial assistance
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation	SDC	Financial assistance

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

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

Date of Metadata Production

2014-09-24

DDI Document Version

Version 1.1 (Septemper, 2014)

DDI Document ID

DDI-PCBS-PSE-VICT-2012-V1.0