Household Expenditure and Consumption Survey, 2023, Main Findings of Living Standards in the West Bank (Expenditure, Consumption and Poverty), 2023

West Bank and Gaza, 2023 - 2024

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PSE-PCBS-PECS-2023-V1.0

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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Household Expenditure and Consumption

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Data file: Individuals Dataset for the West Bank & Gaza Strip for Q1 - Q3, 2023

indata_3Qs ( Person-level file - Palestine, first three quarters 2023 )
indata_3Qs holds a line-for-line roster of every individual who lived in the sample households during Q1-Q3 2023. For each person it records:
Core identifiers (ID00, ID01, region, D1, ind_ID) and relationship to head, sex, date of birth, age and refugee status;
Health coverage & status (five insurance sources, chronic-illness treatment, Washington-Group functional-difficulty matrix, six-month health-service use, provider, maternal care, child immunizations, basic diet indicators);
Fertility (prenatal care, births, infant deaths) for women 15-49;
Education (attendance history, highest grade, school type, failures, class size, literacy);
Labour-force details (current activity status, usual hours, job-search behaviour, unemployment duration, status in employment, workplace location, contract type, schedule, sector, months worked, occupational & industrial codes, injuries, employer benefits);
Final person weight (FWP) and locality type.

West Bank + Gaza (First Three Quarters 2023 microdata)
Weight variables: weight3q_trim (final calibrated & trimmed probability weight for the pooled Q1-Q3 sample) and its mean-one counterpart rw. Because Q4 fieldwork in Gaza was cancelled due to the ongoing Israeli aggression, seasonality could not be modelled for Gaza; therefore, key expenditure- and consumption-based indicators were released only for the West Bank, not for Gaza or the national level.

Cases:	18169
Variables:	80

Variables

ID00

Household Serial Number

ID01

region

Region (West Bank and Gaza Strip)

region2

Region (West Bank, Jerusalem J1 and Gaza Strip)

D1

Individual Number

D3

Relationship to the Head of Household

D4

D5_D

Date of Birth - Day

D5_M

Date of Birth - Month

D5_Y

Date of Birth - Year

D6

D7

D8

Does (Name) have health insurance?

D9_1

Does (Name) have government health insurance?

D9_2

Does (Name) have UNRWA health insurance?

D9_3

Does (Name) have private health insurance?

D9_4

Does (Name) have Israeli health insurance?

D9_5

Does (Name) have other types of health insurance?

D10

Does (Name) suffer from a chronic illness and receive ongoing treatment for it?

D11_1

Does (Name) have difficulty seeing?

D11_2

Does (Name) have difficulty hearing?

D11_3

Does (Name) have difficulty moving or using their hands?

D11_4

Does (Name) have difficulty remembering or concentrating?

D11_5

Does (Name) have difficulty communicating?

D11_6

Does (Name) have difficulty with self-care/personal care?

D12

In the past 6 months, has (Name) received any health services (e.g., examinations, treatment) excluding dental care?

D13

What was the provider of the last health service received?

D13_CMNT

If "Other" was selected, specify the provider of the last health service received.

D14

Did (Name)'s mother receive prenatal care during pregnancy with (Name)?

D15

At how many months of pregnancy did (Name)'s mother receive prenatal care?

D16

Did (Name) receive the BCG (tuberculosis) vaccine at birth?

D17

Did (Name) receive the polio vaccine?

D18

Does (Name) consume fresh fruits or vegetables at least once a day?

D19

Does (Name) consume a meal containing meat, poultry, or fish at least once a day?

D20

Does (Name) consume at least three meals a day?

D21

D22

Age at First Marriage (for married women or those previously married, aged 15–49)

D23

Number of live births in the past 10 years (for married women or those previously married, aged 15–49)

D24

Number of children who died before their first birthday in the past 10 years (for married women or those previously married, aged 15–49)

Ed1

Has (Name) ever attended school?

Ed2

Why did (Name) leave school or never attend?

Ed2_CMNT

If "Other" was selected, specify why (Name) left school or never attended.

ed2_c0

If "Other" was selected, specify why (Name) left school or never attended.

Ed3

What is the highest level of education (Name) completed in formal education?

Ed4

Has (Name) failed any academic year?

Ed5

Did (Name) fail the last academic year?

Ed6

How many academic years has (Name) failed?

Ed7

Type of school/university/kindergarten (Name) is currently attending or attended in the past.

Ed8

Number of academic years successfully completed by (Name) in formal education (for individuals aged 5 and above).

Ed9

Number of students in the classroom attended by (Name) (for kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels).

L1

Labor force participation during the past week

L1_CMNT

If "Other" was selected, specify labor force participation during the past week.

L2

Usual weekly working hours (Name) works.

L3_A

In the past 4 weeks, has (Name) searched for another job to replace the current one?

L3_B

In the past 4 weeks, has (Name) searched for additional work or more working hours?

L3_C

In the past 4 weeks, has (Name) tried to establish their own business?

L4

How long has (Name) been without work or attempting to find work?

L5

Main employment status (current/previous job)

L6

Current/previous workplace location

L7

Was (Name)'s current/previous job based on a work contract?

L8

What is (Name)'s work schedule type in their current or previous job?

L9

L10

Number of months (Name) worked regularly during the past 12 months

L11

Did (Name) experience any work-related injury during the past 12 months (e.g., loss of limbs, fractures, wounds, burns, suffocation, paralysis)?

L12

Main occupation (International Standard Industrial Classification ISIC)

L12_Desc

Main occupation - Description

l12_d0

Main occupation - Description

L13

Main economic activity (International Standard Industrial Classification ISIC)

L13_Desc

Main economic activity - Description

l13_d0

Main economic activity - Description

L14_1

Does the employer contribute to funding retirement?

L14_2

Does the employer provide annual paid leave or compensation for leave?

L14_3

Does the employer provide paid sick leave?

L14_4

Does the employer provide paid maternity leave (for women only)?

L14_5

Does the employer provide end-of-service benefits?

ID00_str

Household Serial Number as a String of four digits

D1_str

Individual Number as a string of two digits

ind_ID

Unique Individual Number by Combining ID00 and D1

FWP

final person weight

loc_type

Total: 80

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