| Description |
The central statistical offices in most countries place heavy emphasis on constructing sound databases for all activities within the services sector. PCBS’ Services Statistics Program is part of the Economic Statistics Program, which is part of the larger program for establishing the System of Official Statistics for Palestine. PCBS initiated, in the reference year 1994, the economic surveys series. The series includes, in addition to the services survey, surveys on industry, internal trade construction-contractors, and transport and storage sectors for the purpose of establishing a time series data base of economic activities in line with international recommendations specified in System of National Account (SNA) 93 and in the UN manual for Services Statistics. The sampling frame for the different economic surveys was based on the findings of the 2004 Establishment Census conducted by PCBS, and for the economic surveys series from 2007 was based on the findings of the 2007 Establishment Census conducted by PCBS . The services survey provide data needed for:
Compilation of National Accounts and Balance of Payments for Palestine
Decision taking
Researching.
Objectives:
The objective of the survey was to obtain data on:
Number of enterprises and persons engaged in services by activity and location
Value of output, intermediate consumption and stocks
Value added components
Payments and transfers
Assets and capital formation
Contribution of surveyed activities to the GDP, and other National Accounts variables |
