The Demographic Survey in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 1995

West Bank and Gaza, 1995

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Reference ID

PSE-PCBS-DS1995-V1.0

Producer(s)

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Demographic Survey

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Dec 26, 2019

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Dec 26, 2019

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Number of rooms (hh01)

Data file: housingE

Overview

Valid: 15684

Valid (weighted): 16110.613

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 98

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2114

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many rooms do you have in this house or apartment?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
9	9-16	80	82	78.8%
98	Don’t know	20	22	21.2%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

(Do not count bathrooms, kitchens, verandas, balconies, foyers, halls, or half-rooms; include glassed-in verandas)

Description

Definition

Room
The dwelling unit or part of it surrounded with walls and has a ceiling provided that its area is not less than 4 square meters. The balconies surrounded with glass are considered rooms; while kitchens, bathrooms, other balconies, corridors, halls, and half rooms are not considered rooms. Also, rooms used for work purposes such as a doctor's room or a sewing room are not considered rooms in this survey.

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