Statistical Yearbook of Palestine 2011
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during the enumeration. Likewise, the unit might be utilized for habitation or for work
purposes or both purposes. Also, it might be closed, vacant or occupied by one or more
households during the survey.
Housing Unit Type:
Housing unit type may refer to (villa, house, apartment, independent room,
marginal, tent or other).
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Imports:
It refers to the whole commodities (goods and services) entered the country by air, land and
sea that are used in consumption, convertibility on the manufacturing sector, and re-
exportation.
Income:
Covers international transactions associated with income on factors of production,
i.e., labour and capital. In the balance of payments, income on capital is referred to
as income on financial assets.
Infant Mortality:
Refers to infant deaths (infants who are less than a year old ), the infant mortality rate refers
to the number of infant deaths in a given year per 1,000 live births during the year.
Infant Mortality Rate:
refers to the number of infant deaths in a given year per 1,000 live births during the year.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT):
It is used to describe the tools and the process to access, retrieve, store, organize,
manipulate, produce, present and exchange information by electronic and other
manual automated means.
Institutional Sector:
The institutional sector is a group of resident institutional units have similar legal entity and
type of activity and constitute the economy, there are five institutional sectors in the system of
national accounts: government; non-profit institutions serving households; financial
corporations; households; and non-financial corporations, In addition to the Rest of world
sector that has separate account.
Intermediate Consumption:
It is the value of the goods and services consumed as inputs, used up or transformed
during the production process. It is measured during a specific period in time in a
way similar to measuring production. Intermediate consumption is estimated by
purchase price, which is defined as the producers’ price plus transportation and
wholesale and retail trade margins. The value of the gross intermediate consumption
on the level of the total economy is the same whether calculated by purchase or
producers’ price. However, on the detailed level, the two evaluations vary.