Establishment Census 2012
West Bank and Gaza, 2012
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Identification
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PSE-PCBS-ESTC-2012-V1.0
Title
Establishment Census 2012
Translated Title
تعداد المنشات 2012
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Palestine | PSE |
Study type
Enterprise Census [en/census]
Series Information
usually conduct Establishments census every five years
Abstract
The main aim for the establishment census 2012 is to enumerate all of the economic establishments operating in Palestine in 2012, except for those establishments engaged in farming activities, and building a new updated a classified establishment register according to the geographical distribution, main economic activity according to international recommendations.
The goals for the Establishment Census could be summarized as follows:
1. Distribution of establishments by various economic activities.
2. Distribution of establishments by the Palestinian governorates.
3. The size of employment in various economic activities and its distribution by sex.
4. Distribution establishments in terms of economic organization, legal status, ownership and operation status.
5. The value of capital invested in establishments.
6. Distribution establishments in terms of registration status with the official authorities.
7. The rate of growth in the number of economic establishments.
The goals for the Establishment Census could be summarized as follows:
1. Distribution of establishments by various economic activities.
2. Distribution of establishments by the Palestinian governorates.
3. The size of employment in various economic activities and its distribution by sex.
4. Distribution establishments in terms of economic organization, legal status, ownership and operation status.
5. The value of capital invested in establishments.
6. Distribution establishments in terms of registration status with the official authorities.
7. The rate of growth in the number of economic establishments.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Establishment
Version
Version Description
V1.0 (Public use file )
Version Date
2013-08-20
Scope
Notes
The establishment Census form consisted of two sections:
Part one: Identification data, which included basic information about the establishments, governorate, Locality, number of enumeration area, Building No. in the enumeration area, serial number of establishment in the enumeration area, establishment commercial name, name of holder or director, sex of the holder or director, phone number, location and description, including the name of the neighborhood and the street and the name of the building or the owner of the building, and the working status of the establishment.
Part two: data on operating establishments only, which include: (Description of the main economic activity, Ownership, Economic organization, Legal status, Establishment Year, Number of employees, Preparing of accounting records, Licensing and registration, No. workers, present value of capital, owner Identity No. or director of the of establishment).
Part one: Identification data, which included basic information about the establishments, governorate, Locality, number of enumeration area, Building No. in the enumeration area, serial number of establishment in the enumeration area, establishment commercial name, name of holder or director, sex of the holder or director, phone number, location and description, including the name of the neighborhood and the street and the name of the building or the owner of the building, and the working status of the establishment.
Part two: data on operating establishments only, which include: (Description of the main economic activity, Ownership, Economic organization, Legal status, Establishment Year, Number of employees, Preparing of accounting records, Licensing and registration, No. workers, present value of capital, owner Identity No. or director of the of establishment).
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | Link |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The Establishment Census 2012 includes all of the establishments in Palestine, whether those of the government or international organizations and institutions, non-profit, and establishments engaged in economic activities in the markets or in factories and companies, or those that exercise an economic activity in houses and have the definition of an establishment, with the exception of those establishments engaged in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and animal husbandry
Universe
The establishment considered the statistical unit that the data collection was upon, which is an institution or part of it, which is located in one place and specializes mainly in one major activity (non Assistant) which will bring most of the added value, classified within the same activity (with probability of production of secondary activities) and for which data are available, allowing for calculating of operating surplus account, which provides data for both: workers, and expenses, production and revenue, and fixed assets. An establishment must provide the following requirements:
1.Participation in an economic activity, any establishment should provide good or service to the market.
2.The presence in a fixed place.
3.A holder of an establishment, whether an individual or a legal entity.
4.The presence of a single management of the establishment
1.Participation in an economic activity, any establishment should provide good or service to the market.
2.The presence in a fixed place.
3.A holder of an establishment, whether an individual or a legal entity.
4.The presence of a single management of the establishment
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistic | Palestinian National Authority |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | EU | joint funding |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name |
|---|
| European Union |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
comprehensive census of all economic establishment in palestine
Weighting
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Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2012-09-03 | 2012-10-24 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2012-09-03 | 2012-10-24 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Fieldworkers were distributed so that each supervisor had responsibility for managing five enumerators. Each enumerator had to collect data for number of enumeration area by estimation of establishments. The selection of employees was based on a standard assessment test and the individuals with the highest grades were selected and employed. The census directors (PCBS managers) were selected for their considerable experience in administrative and statistical work and some PCBS statisticians and fieldworkers were appointed to work as supervisors.
For counting purposes, the direct interview technique was used to obtain data from the establishment owner or the manager. In the absence of the establishment owner or manager, the enumerator paid other visits to the establishment at other time until data could be collected from a qualified individual.
Enumerators depended on official documents to collect some data such as identification number for the owner or manager and authorized number. Specific instructions were given to all employees at every level on how to conduct fieldwork and desk reviews and how to review and correct errors. The supervisor, for example, had to personally check at least five percent of the questionnaires from the enumerator, in addition to checking the coverage and quality of data, particularly on the first days of work, and supervising the daily desk and fieldwork, and to ensure household coverage and the consistency of establishment data, and notify the enumerators of their errors.
Every supervisor had to meet their fieldworkers on a daily basis to give new directions and instructions received from the operations room to correct errors that had occurred on the previous day. These supervisors had to conduct a daily desk review of what had been achieved by their subordinates. A campaign accompanied the activities of the census with the use of all means of media to encourage greater cooperation by citizens with census teams.
Many types of forms were developed regarding daily achievements and follow up, the preliminary findings and related materials, documents, supplies or deliveries received, monitoring of employees' work hours and follow up forms of establishments coverage.
A central operations room was formed at the PCBS headquarters in Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, including technicians, administrators and support services, to answer queries, meet needs and requirements and issue any general written instructions. In addition, a group of assistants in some governorates assisted the census director.
The census was also significant for using decentralized databases in the governorates through which the daily achievements of employees were registered and which controlled all technical and administrative work processes at every stage. This helped the census management and central operations room at PCBS headquarters to monitor work at various levels and take necessary action at the correct time.
The Re-interview was implemented for a sample of 160 enumeration area distributed 104 enumeration area in the West Bank and 56 of the enumeration area in Gaza Strip, and the objective of that was to examine the coverage rates of establishments and a re-interview of 20 establishments for each enumeration area selected of the sample, this study showed high data quality between the census and re-interview data.
For counting purposes, the direct interview technique was used to obtain data from the establishment owner or the manager. In the absence of the establishment owner or manager, the enumerator paid other visits to the establishment at other time until data could be collected from a qualified individual.
Enumerators depended on official documents to collect some data such as identification number for the owner or manager and authorized number. Specific instructions were given to all employees at every level on how to conduct fieldwork and desk reviews and how to review and correct errors. The supervisor, for example, had to personally check at least five percent of the questionnaires from the enumerator, in addition to checking the coverage and quality of data, particularly on the first days of work, and supervising the daily desk and fieldwork, and to ensure household coverage and the consistency of establishment data, and notify the enumerators of their errors.
Every supervisor had to meet their fieldworkers on a daily basis to give new directions and instructions received from the operations room to correct errors that had occurred on the previous day. These supervisors had to conduct a daily desk review of what had been achieved by their subordinates. A campaign accompanied the activities of the census with the use of all means of media to encourage greater cooperation by citizens with census teams.
Many types of forms were developed regarding daily achievements and follow up, the preliminary findings and related materials, documents, supplies or deliveries received, monitoring of employees' work hours and follow up forms of establishments coverage.
A central operations room was formed at the PCBS headquarters in Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate, including technicians, administrators and support services, to answer queries, meet needs and requirements and issue any general written instructions. In addition, a group of assistants in some governorates assisted the census director.
The census was also significant for using decentralized databases in the governorates through which the daily achievements of employees were registered and which controlled all technical and administrative work processes at every stage. This helped the census management and central operations room at PCBS headquarters to monitor work at various levels and take necessary action at the correct time.
The Re-interview was implemented for a sample of 160 enumeration area distributed 104 enumeration area in the West Bank and 56 of the enumeration area in Gaza Strip, and the objective of that was to examine the coverage rates of establishments and a re-interview of 20 establishments for each enumeration area selected of the sample, this study showed high data quality between the census and re-interview data.
Data Collection Notes
This process was carried out during the period from 3/9/2012 to 24/10/2012 in Palestine through a personal interview conducted by the enumerators working in the field. The enumerator has to walk in the enumeration area allocated to him in accordance with a clear mechanism and specific guarantees not to drop any building or establishment. The establishment booklet includes of an empty questionnaires to be filled with the establishments' data, where each enumeration area allocates one or more booklets.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | PCBS | Palestinian National Authority |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The establishment Census form consisted of two sections:
Part one: Identification data, which included basic information about the establishments, governorate, Locality, number of enumeration area, Building No. in the enumeration area, serial number of establishment in the enumeration area, establishment commercial name, name of holder or director, sex of the holder or director, phone number, location and description, including the name of the neighborhood and the street and the name of the building or the owner of the building, and the working status of the establishment.
Part two: data on operating establishments only, which include: (Description of the main economic activity, Ownership, Economic organization, Legal status, Establishment Year, Number of employees, Preparing of accounting records, Licensing and registration, No. workers, present value of capital, owner Identity No. or director of the of establishment).
Special form for Jerusalem Governorate area (J1)
Due to the special situation in the Jerusalem governorate, specially J1 area (those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967) a short form for census questionnaire has been designed, which include the following questions:
(Identification data for the establishment, working status, main economic activity, ownership of establishment, economic organization, establishment year, the number of employees in the establishment (paid, unpaid)).
Part one: Identification data, which included basic information about the establishments, governorate, Locality, number of enumeration area, Building No. in the enumeration area, serial number of establishment in the enumeration area, establishment commercial name, name of holder or director, sex of the holder or director, phone number, location and description, including the name of the neighborhood and the street and the name of the building or the owner of the building, and the working status of the establishment.
Part two: data on operating establishments only, which include: (Description of the main economic activity, Ownership, Economic organization, Legal status, Establishment Year, Number of employees, Preparing of accounting records, Licensing and registration, No. workers, present value of capital, owner Identity No. or director of the of establishment).
Special form for Jerusalem Governorate area (J1)
Due to the special situation in the Jerusalem governorate, specially J1 area (those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967) a short form for census questionnaire has been designed, which include the following questions:
(Identification data for the establishment, working status, main economic activity, ownership of establishment, economic organization, establishment year, the number of employees in the establishment (paid, unpaid)).
Data Processing
Data Editing
The data processing stage includes editing, coding, data entry, reviewing lists and checking all previous operations of data entry for all enumeration areas. All procedures and instructions were conducted to check the consistency of the data and coding fields and ensure the entry of all enumeration areas and booklets and questionnaires, with their content of establishment data. As booklets and questionnaires required checking and moving from one operation site to another, a store was prepared for all the documents to be indexed and categorized and the store keeper controlled the flow of documents.
Coding manuals were prepared and examined beforehand, as well as the instructions for editing and coding procedures to check the consistency of the data and how to detect and correct errors. All editing and coding employees were selected from among the best fieldworkers who collected the data from establishments owners or manager. Training was conducted centrally to ensure uniform concepts and to eliminate disparities in fieldwork in all governorates. Editing, coding and testing the consistency of 100% of the questionnaires was conducted, in addition to desk reviewing, editing and coding (100%) in order to eliminate differences between individual editors and to discover and correct errors and circulate them daily.
Tests were held for all applicants for data entry and those who performed best were trained centrally in a uniform procedure of data entry. During the first three days, all date entered were deleted and re-entered again to correct errors and inform employees so as to avoid such errors in the future. Certain procedures were adopted to ensure correct data entry: in the first stage a unique separate file was prepared for each enumeration area that included identification data (to ensure coverage), the number of establishments and the total number of booklets to ensure that all booklets and all households had been entered. Upon data entry, a thorough examination of the identification data and the range of each digital key question was conducted so that the computer did not accept any figure outside this range. For example, the operation status, sex and all the pre-coded questions in the establishment questionnaire, and the type of building in the buildings questionnaire. The remaining questions were exposed to a comprehensive re-examination of the range of each question after data entry and the extraction of error lists resulting from data inconsistency.
After data entry, certain lists were extracted to ensure the coverage of all enumeration areas, and establishments, and to examine the internal consistency of the data of each unit. The procedures used were to extract error lists that must be corrected or questioned These lists were submitted to the best reviewers under full supervision of the technical operations in the census directorate.
Specific programs previously prepared were used to detect errors according to the following procedures:
1. An instruction manual was prepared for desk editing and procedures for the establishments' questionnaire. A set of desk editing instructions were printed and the procedures for the questionnaire containing tests designed to ensure the coverage of data entry, to detect inconsistencies or to detect abnormal and rare cases. These were reviewed and printed with a name and number given to every error in the manual.
2. A list was extracted for each enumeration area, including the identification data of each establishment message (type of check) and the number printed in the manual. The auditor could then recognize the message name and type of error, location and procedures of editing and audit procedures patch, which consists of several checks on several stages.
3. Lists were submitted to the reviewers to return to the original booklets. If the error was caused by data entry, it would be corrected on the list. If the error was due to fieldwork, all associated questions should be considered for correction. For example, if the operation status of the establishment was closed, it must be no answers on the questions after it. The first check would be conducted through manual editing, then extracting the electronic lists after data entry for such types of tests, then they would be corrected manually on the original booklets and data re-entered correctly. As for the coverage test, there is a key reference that contains all enumeration areas and shows the number of booklets and establishments in the enumeration area to be entered on the computer. At this point, if there was a variation between the number of booklets and establishments actually entered and the total number of establishments in the file of each area, an error message appears to request correction. Through this method, we ensured that 100% of the establishments were entered.
All lists for the enumeration areas were extracted in this way and all kinds of tests.
1. Amended lists were sent back to data entry to be entered and corrected and a copy of the daily entered data was kept in several different places.
2. Previous stages were conducted twice or more until the data of each enumeration area became clean.
3. All files were compiled for enumeration areas for each locality and governorate. Then, all tables and any additional tests were conducted to test the data before the final tabulation in order to correct errors according to the aforementioned procedures.
Coding manuals were prepared and examined beforehand, as well as the instructions for editing and coding procedures to check the consistency of the data and how to detect and correct errors. All editing and coding employees were selected from among the best fieldworkers who collected the data from establishments owners or manager. Training was conducted centrally to ensure uniform concepts and to eliminate disparities in fieldwork in all governorates. Editing, coding and testing the consistency of 100% of the questionnaires was conducted, in addition to desk reviewing, editing and coding (100%) in order to eliminate differences between individual editors and to discover and correct errors and circulate them daily.
Tests were held for all applicants for data entry and those who performed best were trained centrally in a uniform procedure of data entry. During the first three days, all date entered were deleted and re-entered again to correct errors and inform employees so as to avoid such errors in the future. Certain procedures were adopted to ensure correct data entry: in the first stage a unique separate file was prepared for each enumeration area that included identification data (to ensure coverage), the number of establishments and the total number of booklets to ensure that all booklets and all households had been entered. Upon data entry, a thorough examination of the identification data and the range of each digital key question was conducted so that the computer did not accept any figure outside this range. For example, the operation status, sex and all the pre-coded questions in the establishment questionnaire, and the type of building in the buildings questionnaire. The remaining questions were exposed to a comprehensive re-examination of the range of each question after data entry and the extraction of error lists resulting from data inconsistency.
After data entry, certain lists were extracted to ensure the coverage of all enumeration areas, and establishments, and to examine the internal consistency of the data of each unit. The procedures used were to extract error lists that must be corrected or questioned These lists were submitted to the best reviewers under full supervision of the technical operations in the census directorate.
Specific programs previously prepared were used to detect errors according to the following procedures:
1. An instruction manual was prepared for desk editing and procedures for the establishments' questionnaire. A set of desk editing instructions were printed and the procedures for the questionnaire containing tests designed to ensure the coverage of data entry, to detect inconsistencies or to detect abnormal and rare cases. These were reviewed and printed with a name and number given to every error in the manual.
2. A list was extracted for each enumeration area, including the identification data of each establishment message (type of check) and the number printed in the manual. The auditor could then recognize the message name and type of error, location and procedures of editing and audit procedures patch, which consists of several checks on several stages.
3. Lists were submitted to the reviewers to return to the original booklets. If the error was caused by data entry, it would be corrected on the list. If the error was due to fieldwork, all associated questions should be considered for correction. For example, if the operation status of the establishment was closed, it must be no answers on the questions after it. The first check would be conducted through manual editing, then extracting the electronic lists after data entry for such types of tests, then they would be corrected manually on the original booklets and data re-entered correctly. As for the coverage test, there is a key reference that contains all enumeration areas and shows the number of booklets and establishments in the enumeration area to be entered on the computer. At this point, if there was a variation between the number of booklets and establishments actually entered and the total number of establishments in the file of each area, an error message appears to request correction. Through this method, we ensured that 100% of the establishments were entered.
All lists for the enumeration areas were extracted in this way and all kinds of tests.
1. Amended lists were sent back to data entry to be entered and corrected and a copy of the daily entered data was kept in several different places.
2. Previous stages were conducted twice or more until the data of each enumeration area became clean.
3. All files were compiled for enumeration areas for each locality and governorate. Then, all tables and any additional tests were conducted to test the data before the final tabulation in order to correct errors according to the aforementioned procedures.
Data Appraisal
Estimates of Sampling Error
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Data Appraisal
There are two types of error that can occur: statistical errors and non-statistical errors. Statistical errors occur in surveys using samples and do not exist in censuses. It is easy to measure errors and to estimate their rate since they result from errors in the sample. While non-statistical errors may occur at any stage of the implementation of the censuses or surveys, a system was required to control the quality of census data during the implementation of the second Palestinian Census of 2007 due to many stages of work in planning and implementation that required various employees, hired for a short period, with variations in the quality of work that might affect the findings and reliability.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users Services Division | 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.
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,Establishment census 2012. V1.0
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| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistic | Palestinian National Authority | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
PCBS provid 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
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Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-ESC-2012-V1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics | PCBS | Palestinian National Authoruty | Collection,Processing and dissemination data |
Date of Metadata Production
2013-08-20
DDI Document version
V1.0