Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Data Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Dissemination Policy
  • المسوح بالعربية
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / PSE-PCBS-CEN-2007-V1.0 / variable [V29]
central

Population Housing and Establishment Census 2007, Census 2007

West Bank and Gaza, 2007
Get Microdata
Reference ID
PSE-PCBS-CEN-2007-V1.0
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Aug 15, 2021
Last modified
Aug 15, 2021
Page views
17638
Downloads
945
  • Study Description
  • Data Description
  • Downloads
  • Data files
  • Persons-census2007
  • Housing
    -census2007

Marital Status (C79)

Data file: Persons-census2007

Overview

Valid: 297224
Valid (weighted): 1488742.393
Invalid: 157795
Invalid (weighted): 790352.727
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V36

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
Place of Work
Literal question
Marital Status
Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 Never married 130439 653226
28.7%
2 Married 152699 764910
33.6%
3 Other 11812 59180
2.6%
9 Not Stated 2274 11427
0.5%
Sysmiss 157795 790353
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Writing pen blue dry
Sure of the official documents Kalhoip personal
Review the questionnaire before starting the process of packing
Are met, summary record to internal and external Algalavi after completing the questionnaire
Is not left empty pages for the housing units
If you use another form is put signal
X
At the bottom of the form
Head of the family is recorded in the beginning and then the wife or husband and unmarried children of the eldest and the youngest married then Aozusbandmtm relatives
Make sure there is an answer for every question or reference -
Do not use the same record more than the counting
Fields left blank Zip Top is located for office use
Question post text
Age at First Marriage

Description

Definition
Marital Status:
The status of those 12 years old and over in terms of marriage traditions and laws in the country.

May be one of the following cases:
1.Never married: It applies if the person aged 12 years and over has not been married or legally engaged (according to customs and traditions applicable in the country).
2.Legally engaged: It applies if the person aged 12 years and over has an official marriage document (issued by a competent court) but has not been actually married yet according to customs and traditions applicable in the country. The divorced, widowed, and married twice do not belong to this category.
3.Married: It applies if the person aged 12 years and over is actually and officially married (according to customs and traditions applicable in the country) irrespective of his / her past marital status as well as of whether the couple were together during the reference period or not. The person married to more than one wife is classified as married.
4.Divorced: The person aged 12 years and over who previously married and legally divorced but was not married again.
5.Widowed: The married person aged 12 years and over whose marriage was ended by the death of the spouse and was not married again.
6.Separated: The individual 12 years old and over who was married, but his/her marriage was revoked for some reason without any legal or official registration, and he/she did not marry again.
Universe
The PHC-2007 covered all individuals who were in the Palestinian Territory on the census reference night (30/11-1/12/2007) regardless of nationality and citizenship. It also covered all Palestinians who have usual residence in the Palestinian Territory (including those who were temporarily absent for less than one year for the purpose of visit, tourism, treatment, etc. while their households are still living at their permanent places of residence in the Palestinian Territory). All Palestinian students abroad while their households are still living at their permanent places of residence were also included, in addition to all prisoners and detainees in the Israeli jails regardless of the duration of detention. The census excluded all Palestinians holding identity cards who were absent for more than one year (except for the students), even if their households are still living in their places of residence in the Palestinian Territory
Source of information
Head of the household

Imputation and derivation

Imputation
The reference date refers to the moment in which the Census data are based. Normally, it refers to the midnight of the day preceding the reference period. Thus, the findings of the Census relate to that night. The midnight of 30/11-1/12/2007 was adopted as the reference date of the Census.
Derivation
Coding manuals were prepared and examined beforehand as well as the instructions for editing and coding procedures for checking the consistency of the data and how to detect and correct errors. All editing and coding employees were selected among the best fieldworkers who collected the data from households and individuals. Training was conducted for them centrally to ensure unifying of concepts and checking data to eliminate disparities in fieldwork in all governorates. Editing, coding and testing 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 circulating them daily
Back to Catalog
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

© Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, All Rights Reserved.