Statistical Yearbook of Palestine 2011
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Persons Outside Labor Force:
The population not economically active comprises all persons 15 years and over,
who were neither employed nor unemployed accordingly to the definitions
mentioned above.
Plant Holding:
The presence of cultivated or arable land area for any agricultural crops controlled by the
holder, and must not be less than one dunum for open cultivated area and ( 0.5) dunum for
protect cultivated area.
Population Density:
Number of population per km
2
of area.
Population Register:
a mechanism for the continuous recording of selected information pertaining to each member
of the resident population of a country or area, making it possible to determine up-to-date
information about the size and characteristics of the population at selected points in time.
Porous Cesspit:
A well or a pit in which night soil and other refuse is stored, constructed with porous
walls.
Port, In or Out Center:
The customs center (air, land and sea) through which services, goods and
commodities go in/out of the country. It is the place of general customs procedures.
Portfolio Investment:
Refers to an investment for transactions in shares, bonds, bills, notes, money market
instruments and financial derivatives.
Postal Material:
Includes: letters, printed matters, postal packets, parcels, and telegrams.
Poverty:
Is often defined as “the absence of the minimum standard of income or resources to
meet basic needs” and as “the inability to attain the minimum standard of living.”
Two poverty lines have been developed according to actual spending patterns of
Palestinian families. The first, termed “deep poverty line” was calculated to reflect a
budget for food, clothing and housing. The second line adds other necessities
including health care, education, transportation, personal care, and housekeeping
supplies. Since consumption levels better reflect the population’s needs, and help to
specify the poverty line in Palestine, the monthly consumption level is used rather
than the monthly income.
Price Index:
It is statistical tool used for measuring changes in prices of purchased goods and services
during different temporal intervals.