{"doc_desc":{"title":"Construction Contractors Survey  2000","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-CON-2000-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection, processing and dissemination data"}],"prod_date":"2013-10-20","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 (April \/ 2013)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-CON-2000-V1.0","title":"Construction Contractors Survey 2000","alt_title":"CON","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d \u0645\u0642\u0627\u0648\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0634\u0627\u0621\u0627\u062a 2000"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"The Palestinian National Authority","affiliation":"PNA","email":"","role":"Financial"},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","affiliation":"CFG","email":"","role":"Financial"}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"All Rights Reserved\u00a9 April 2002, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","funding_agencies":[{"name":"The Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"Financial"},{"name":"The Representative Office of Norway","abbreviation":"NORAD","role":"Financial"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Division of user services","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise Census [en\/census]","series_info":"The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics  issued the six volume of the economic surveys for the Palestinian Territory, which presents the findings of the surveys conducted for 2000 as reference year.  These surveys cover most of economic activities operating in the Palestinian Territory since 1994."},"version_statement":{"version":"V1.0 (File to publication on internet for public use)","version_date":"2002-07-15"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Construction \u2019 Survey","vocab":"Glossary of Statistical ","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"Economic Conditions and Indicators [1.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The objective of the survey was to obtain data on:\n1. Number of enterprises and persons engaged in construction contractors survey  by activity. \n2. Value of output, intermediate consumption and stocks.\n3. Value added components.\n4. Payments and transfers.\n5. Assets and capital formation.\n6. Contribution of the surveyed activities to the GDP and other national accounts variables.","time_periods":[{"start":"2000-01-01","end":"2000-12-31","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2001-04-01","end":"2001-06-15","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank and Gaza Strip","analysis_unit":"Enterprise constitutes the primary sampling unit (PSU)","universe":"construction contractors Enterprises (private sector)","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"1.Identification data\n2.Data about establishment assets.\n3.Data about Purchasing goods for selling purpose\n4.Number of employees in a company and their compensations.\n5.Various payments and transfers \n6.Other output expenses\n7.Goods productions\n8.Goods Production Inputs\n9.Others Goods Production Inputs\n10.Revenues of Services Rendered to Others\n11.Indirect Fees and Taxes\n12.Production Inputs Fuel and oil\n13.Various transfers and revenues \n14.Electricity and water"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority "}],"sampling_procedure":"Comprehensive Survey","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"The questionnaire used for this survey has much in common with other questionnaires in the\neconomic survey series. The design of the questionnaire takes into account major economic\nvariables pertaining to the examined phenomenon and meets the needs of the Palestinian\nNational Accounts. Two forms of questionnaires are used a shorter version of the\nquestionnaire used for the enterprises belonging to the household sector and branches, the\ndetailed form used for other sectors.","coll_situation":"Workers Selection and Training:\nThe interviewers in the fieldwork are selected from the experienced ones in the statistical work and they are also trained theoretically and practically.\n\n Fieldwork operations:  \nThey are initiated after the recruitment and training  of qualified interviewers.  The PCBS's Fieldwork Directorate administers fieldwork activities including interviewing activities.\n\n\nData Collecting Method:\nData are gathered by using an interview with the enterprise owner or general manager by applying the survey questionnaire.","act_min":"Fieldwork\n\u00b7Selection of specialized fieldwork team of economic back ground, the team was trained theoretically and practically on the survey questionnaire.\n\u00b7The main fieldwork team was selected according to the training course.\n\u00b7Field work visits by both fieldwork and project management staff for monitoring and following up data collection process and progress of work, An average of two visits for each governorate, a bout 90% of completed questionnaires was reviewed and corrected if needed, comments and notes were directed to the team accordingly.\n\u00b7Different levels of supervision and monitoring toke place a according to the following division:\noFieldworkers\noFieldworkers supervisors \noFieldwork coordinator. (Each of them has responsibilities in monitoring )  \n\u00b7Project management receive a daily progress report about completeness and response.\n\u00b7Conducting a refreshment training course during the stage of data collection for emphasizing the main issues of  training and answering questions of fieldworkers about issues faced them in the field.\n\u00b7We made another visit to some institutions which were visited by the researchers to confirm the accuracy of the data that have been given to researchers and that called the interview, these institutions has been selected randomly by withdrawing a random sample of 10% of the original sample of the survey, and then the data were compared with data from series surveys.","weight":"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 one another . The weights are adjusted to compensate for nonresponse Enterprises","cleaning_operations":"For  insuring quality and consistency of data a set of measures were taken into account for strengthening accuracy of data as follows:\n\u00b7Preparing data entry program before data collection for checking readiness of the program for data entry.\n\u00b7A set of validation rules were applied on the program for  checking consistency of data.\n\u00b7Efficiency of the program was checked through pre-testing in entering few questionnaires, including incorrect information for checking its efficiency, in capturing these information.\n\u00b7Well trained data keyers were selected and trained for the main data entry.\n\u00b7Weekly 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.","method_notes":"After the editor finishes editing the questionnaire, a coding are used according to (ISIC -3), then the questionnaire is transferred to data entry."},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"\u00b7Response rate: 71.0%","sampling_error_estimates":"Statistical Errors:\nThere is no statistical errors (Comprehensive Survey) \n\n\nNon-Statistical Errors\nThese 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."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000\n\nArticle (17)\n1. 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. \n2. 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.","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}],"cit_req":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics2013, Economic Surveys Series - 1998-2006. Version1.0  Ramallah - Palestine.","conditions":"1. pledges  the utilization of \u201cdata\u201d 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.\n\n2. Utilization of \u201cdata\u201d or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .\n\n3. pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original \u201cdata\u201d; 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.","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 dataa."}}}}