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Household Energy Survey January 2011

West Bank and Gaza, 2011
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PSE-PCBS-HES-2011-JAN-V1.0
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Identification

Survey ID Number
PSE-PCBS-HES-2011-JAN-V1.0
Title
Household Energy Survey January 2011
Translated Title
مسح الطاقة المنزلي: كانون ثاني 2011
Country
Name Country code
Palestine PSE
Study type
Other Household Health Survey [hh/hea]
Series Information
The energy statistics program has implemented many rounds of the
Household Energy Survey during 1999-2011. Because of the importance of the
household sector and due to its large contribution to energy consumption in the
Palestinian Territory, PCBS decided to conduct a special Household Energy
Survey to cover energy indicators in the household sector. To achieve this, a
questionnaire was attached to the Labor Force Survey.
Abstract
The energy statistics program has
implemented many rounds of the
Household Energy Survey during
1999-2011.

Because of the importance of the
household sector and due to its large
contribution to energy consumption in the
Palestinian Territory, PCBS decided to
conduct a special Household Energy
Survey to cover energy indicators in the
household sector. To achieve this, a
questionnaire was attached to the Labor
Force Survey.

This survey aimed to provide data on
energy consumption in the household
sector and to provide data on energy
consumption behavior and patterns in the
society by type of energy.

The survey presents data on energy
indicators pertaining to households in the
Palestinian Territory. This includes
statistical data on electricity and other fuel
consumption by households covering
type of fuel for different activities
(cooking, baking, heating, lighting,
and water heating).
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
households

Version

Version Description
V1.0: (public use file)
Version Date
2011-11-01

Scope

Notes
The survey presents data on energy
indicators pertaining to households in the
Palestinian Territory. This includes
statistical data on electricity and other fuel
consumption by households covering
type of fuel for different activities
(cooking, baking, heating, lighting,
and Water Heating).
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
natural resources and energy [9.3] CESSDA Link
Keywords
Keyword Vocabulary URI
Electricity Glossary of Statistical Terms Link
Fuel Glossary of Statistical Terms Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Universe
The target population was all Palestinian households living in the Palestinian Territory.

Producers and sponsors

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

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Sample Frame
The sample is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample.

Target Population:
The target population was all Palestinian households whom are living in the Palestinian territory.

Sampling Frame:
The sample of this survey is a part of the main sample of Labor Force Survey (LFS) which implemented periodically every quarter by PCBS since 1995, so this survey implement every quarter in the year (distributed over 13 weeks), the survey attached with the LFS in the first quarter of 2011, and the sample contain of 6 weeks from the eighth week to the thirteen week from the round 60 of labor force. The sample is two stage stratified cluster sample with two stages, first stage we selected a systematic random sample of 211 enumeration areas for the semi round, then in the second stage we select a random area sample of average 16 households from each enumeration area selected in the first stage.


Sampling Design:
The sample of this survey is a sub-sample of the Labor Force Survey (LFS) sample, which has been conducted periodically since September 1995. The sample of LFS is distributed over 13 weeks. The sample of the survey occupies six weeks of the first quarter of 2011 within implementing LFS.

Stratification by number of households:
In designing the sample of the LFS, three levels of stratification by number of households were made:
Stratification by number of households:
Stratification by place of residence which comprises:
(a) Urban (b) Rural (c) Refugee camps
Stratification by locality size.

Sample Unit:
In the first stage, the sampling units are the enumeration areas (clusters) from the master sample. In the second stage, the sampling units are households.

Analysis Unit:
The unit of analysis is the household.


Sample Size:
The sample size is comprised of (3,313) Palestinian households in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where this sample was distributed according to locality type (urban, rural and refugee camps).
Response Rate
The survey sample consists of about 3313 households of which 3029 households completed the interview; whereas 1950 households from the West Bank and 1079 households in Gaza Strip. Weights were modified to account for non-response rate. The response rate in the West Bank reached 95. % while in the Gaza Strip it reached 98%.


Non-response cases

No of cases non-response cases
3029 Household completed
22 Traveling households
19 Unit does not exist
56 No one at home
22 Refused to cooperate
139 Vacant Housing unit
1 No available information
25 Other
3313 Total sample size
Weighting
The weight of statistical units (sampling unit) in the sample is defined as the mathematical inverse of the selection probability where the sample of the survey is two stage stratified cluster sample, so In the first stage, we calculate the weight of enumeration areas which depending on the probability of each enumeration area(a systematic random sample), then In the second stage we calculate weight of households in each enumeration area, Initial households weights resulted from product of weight of first stage and weight of second stage ,final households weights obtained after adjustment of initial weights with the households estimates mid 2011 on the level of design strata (governorate, locality type).

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End Cycle
2011-02-20 2011-03-31 60
Time periods
Start date End date Cycle
2011-01-01 2011-01-31 60
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
This survey was conducted to cover the month of January 2011. Fieldworkers were distributed to all governorates accordance to the sample size of each governorate. The fieldwork team consisted of 24 members, including one fieldwork coordinator, 4 supervisors, 4 editors and 15 interviewers.

Several measures had been taken to
ensure the efficiency of quality controls in
the survey, such as: the training of
fieldworkers on the main skills before the
start of data collection, conducting field
visits to fieldworkers to ensure the
integrity of data collection, editing of
questionnaires before data entry, using
data entry application that does not allow
any mistakes during the process of data
entry, and then examining the data. This
was done to ensure data is error free ;
while cleaning and inspection of the
anomalous values have been made to
ensure harmony between the different
questions on the questionnaire.
Data Collection Notes
Fieldworkers were trained on the main
skills relevant to the survey before the
start of data collection. Instructions for
filling the questionnaire were made
available for the interviewers. The training
provided fieldworkers with aims and
definitions of the different indicators of the
survey.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Palestinian Central Pureau of Statistics PCBS PNA

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The design of the questionnaire for the
Household Energy Survey was based on
the experiences of similar countries as
well as on international standards and
recommendations for the most important
indicators, taking into account the special
situation of the Palestinian Territory.

Data Processing

Data Editing
he data processing stage consisted of the following operations:
Editing and coding before data entry: All questionnaires were edited and coded in
the office using the same instructions adopted for editing in the field.

Data entry: At this stage, data was
entered into the computer using a data entry template developed in Access. The data entry program was prepared to satisfy a number of requirements such as:
· To prevent the duplication of the questionnaires during data entry.
· To apply integrity and consistency checks of entered data.
· To handle errors in user friendly manner.
· The ability to transfer captured data to another format for data analysis using statistical analysis software such as SPSS.

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
It includes many aspects of the survey, mainly statistical errors due to the sample, and non statistical errors referring to the workers and tools of the survey. It includes also the response rates in the survey and their effect on the assumptions. This section includes:

Sampling Errors
These types of errors evolved as a result of studying a part of the population and not all of it. Because this is a sampled survey, the data will be affected by sampling errors due to using a sample and not the whole frame of the population. Differences appear compared to the actual values that could be obtained through a census. For this survey, variance calculations were made for average household consumption and total consumption for the different types of energy in the Palestinian Territory.

The results of gasoline, wood, charcoal and olive cake suffer from a high variance. This problem should be taken into consideration when dealing with the average household consumption of these types of fuel, keeping in mind that there are no problems in publishing the data at the geographical level (North of the West Bank, Middle of the West Bank, South of the West Bank and Gaza Strip). However, publishing data at the governorate level is not possible due to the high variance, especially for wood, charcoal and olive cake. The variances for the main indicators of this survey are as follows:

95% Confidence Interval C.V % Standard Error Estimate Variable
Upper Lower Value Unit
99.9 99.5 0.001 0.1 99.8 % Main Electricity Source
66.2 61.2 0.020 1.3 63.7 % Use of Solar Heaters
98.5 97.5 0.003 0.2 98.1 % Use of LPG
273 259 0.013 3.44 266 KWh Average Electricity Consumption
264 191 0.081 18.47 228 Kg Average wood Consumption
50.5 41.8 0.047 2.19 46 Liter Average Gasoline Consumption

Non Sampling Errors
These errors are due to non-response cases as well as the implementation of surveys. In this survey, these errors emerged because of (a) the special situation of the questionnaire itself, where some parts depend partially on estimation, (b) diversity of sources (e.g., the interviewers, respondents, editors, coders, data entry operator, etc).

The sources of these errors can be summarized as:
Some of the households were not in their houses and the interviewers could not meet them.
Some of the households did not give attention to the questions in questionnaire.
Some errors occurred due to the way the questions were asked by interviewers.
Misunderstanding of the questions by the respondents.
Answering the questions related to consumption by making estimations.
Data Appraisal
The data of the survey is comparable geographically and over time by comparing the data between different geographical areas to data of previous surveys and census 2007.

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
. 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 Statistics,
2011. Household Energy Survey:
(January 2011) V1.0 (11-2011).
Ramallah - Palestine.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Palestinian Central Pureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps

Disclaimer and copyrights

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implied. PCBS accepts no responsibility for the results and/or
implications of any analysis and/or other actions conducted with this data.
Copyright
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Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-HES-2011-JAN-V1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS PNA Collection, processing and dissemination of data
Date of Metadata Production
2011-11-01
DDI Document version
V1.0
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