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Construction Contractors Survey 2009

West Bank and Gaza, 2010
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PSE-PCBS-CON-2009-V1.0
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  • Study Description
  • Data Description
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
  • Data Appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
PSE-PCBS-CON-2009-V1.0
Title
Construction Contractors Survey 2009
Translated Title
مسح مقاولي الانشاءات 2009
Country
Name Country code
Palestine PSE
Study type
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
Series Information
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics issued the Fourteenth volume of the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2009 as reference year. These surveys cover most of economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994.
Abstract
The objective of the survey was to obtain data on:
1. Number of enterprises and persons engaged in construction contractors survey by activity.
2. Value of output, intermediate consumption and stocks.
3. Value added components.
4. Payments and transfers.
5. Assets and capital formation.
6. Contribution of the surveyed activities to the GDP and other national accounts variables.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Enterprise constitutes the primary sampling unit (PSU)

Version

Version Description
V1.0 (File to publication on internet for public use)
Version Date
2012-05-17

Scope

Notes
1.Identification data
2.Data about establishment assets.
3.Data about Purchasing goods for selling purpose
4.Number of employees in a company and their compensations.
5.Various payments and transfers
6.Other output expenses
7.Goods productions
8.Goods Production Inputs
9.Others Goods Production Inputs
10.Revenues of Services Rendered to Others
11.Indirect Fees and Taxes
12.Production Inputs Fuel and oil
13.Various transfers and revenues
14.Electricity and water
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
Economic Conditions and Indicators [1.2] CESSDA Link
Keywords
Keyword Vocabulary URI
Construction Survey Glossary Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Universe
All enterprises in construction contractors survey (comprehensive)

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
The Palestinian National Authority PNA Financial
The Representative Office of Norway NOR Financial
The Representative Office of Netherlands NDL Financial
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Financial
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
The Palestinian National Authority CFG Financial
The Representative Office of Norway CFG Financial
The Representative Office of Netherlands CFG Financial
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation CFG Financial

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Comprehensive Survey
The number of enterprises in Construction Contractors Survey for the base year 2009, amounted to (495) enterprise, which form the whole frame distributed in all the West bank and Gaza Strip governorates, depending on the establishments census 2007 in determining the frame of contractors enterprises.

Sample design: for all enterprises engaged in economic activities has been done, without sampling techniques (comprehensive counting for all construction activities was adopted).
Response Rate
·Response rate: 84.5%
Weighting
The sampling weight of the enterprise is the mathematical turned of the possibility selection of that enterprise. It is necessary to use weights in the estimation of the survey society because of the differentiation in the possibility of enterprises' selection from another one. The weights are adjusted to compensate for nonresponse Enterprises

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2010-01-06 2010-05-28
Time periods
Start date End date
2009-01-01 2009-12-31
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Fieldwork directorate supervises data collection and coordinate to the fieldworkers to perform the set plans for each survey. The fieldwork staff constitute of coordinators, supervisors in addition to the editing staff. Implementing this mission requires the existence of district offices close to working areas to be used as centers for fieldwork staff and fieldwork tools.
Data Collection Notes
Workers Selection and Training:
The interviewers in the fieldwork are selected from the experienced ones in the statistical work and they are also trained theoretically and practically.

Fieldwork operations:
They are initiated after the recruitment and training of qualified interviewers. The PCBS's Fieldwork Directorate administers fieldwork activities including interviewing activities.


Data Collecting Method:
Data are gathered by using an interview with the enterprise owner or general manager by applying the survey questionnaire.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestinian National Authority

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaire used for this survey has much in common with other questionnaires in the economic survey series. The design of the questionnaire takes into account major economic variables pertaining to the examined phenomenon and meets the needs of the Palestinian National Accounts. Two forms of questionnaires are used a shorter version of the questionnaire used for the enterprises belonging to the household sector and branches, the detailed form used for other sectors

Data Processing

Data Editing
For insuring quality and consistency of data a set of measures were taken into account for strengthening accuracy of data as follows:
·Preparing data entry program before data collection for checking readiness of the program for data entry.
·A set of validation rules were applied on the program for checking consistency of data.
·Efficiency of the program was checked through pre-testing in entering few questionnaires, including incorrect information for checking its efficiency, in capturing these information.
·Well trained data keyers were selected and trained for the main data entry.
·Weekly or biweekly data files were received by project management for checking accuracy and consistency, notes of correction are provided for data entry management for correction.

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
Non-Statistical Errors
These types of errors could appear on one or all the survey stages that include data collection and data entry

Response errors: these types of errors are related to, responders, fieldworkers, and data entry personnel's. And to avoid mistakes and reduce the impact has been a series of actions that would enhance the accuracy of the data through a process of data collection from the field and the data processing.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Division of user services Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps
Confidentiality
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.
Access conditions
1. 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.

2. Utilization of “data” or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .

3. 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.
Citation requirements
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics2012 , Economic Surveys Series - 2009. Version1.0(05-2012) Ramallah - Palestine.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
PCBS provide 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.
Copyright
(c) All Rights Reserved. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Construction Contractors Survey 2009

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-CON-2009-V1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Palestinian National Authority Collection, processing and dissemination data
Date of Metadata Production
2012-05-17
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (May / 2012)
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