Work Condition Survey 2004
West Bank and Gaza, 2004
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PSE-PCBS-WCS-2004-V1.0
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Identification
Survey ID Number
PSE-PCBS-WCS-2004-V1.0
Title
Work Condition Survey 2004
Translated Title
مسح ظروف العمل 2004
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Palestine | PSE |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
The Work Conditions Survey was implemented during the period 2/5/2004 to 1/7/2004. The survey was conducted as a module to the second quarter of the Labour Force Survey, 2004 (April- June, 2004) during the last nine weeks of the quarter.
In September 1995 PCBS began conducting household labour force surveys on a periodical basis. The main objective of collecting data on the labour force and its components, including employment, unemployment and underemployment, is to provide basic information on the size and structure of the Palestinian labour force. Data collected at different points in time provide a basis for monitoring current trends, changes in the labour market and in the employment situation. These data, supported with information on other aspects of the economy, provide a basis for the evaluation and analysis of macro-economic policies.
In September 1995 PCBS began conducting household labour force surveys on a periodical basis. The main objective of collecting data on the labour force and its components, including employment, unemployment and underemployment, is to provide basic information on the size and structure of the Palestinian labour force. Data collected at different points in time provide a basis for monitoring current trends, changes in the labour market and in the employment situation. These data, supported with information on other aspects of the economy, provide a basis for the evaluation and analysis of macro-economic policies.
Abstract
The main objective of collecting data on Work Conditions is to provide basic information on the employment characteristics of the Palestinian labour in both public and private sectors, and workers in Israel and Israeli settlements, in the different economic activities such as: health conditions at work, working in high places, working with sharp implements, and dangerous chemical and flammable materials.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Household, individual
Version
Version Description
Version 1.0 dataset for public distribution
Version Date
2013-11-20
Scope
Notes
The questionnaire represents the main instrument for data collection The questionnaire on work conditions was designed according to International Labour Organization recommendations with respect to privacy issues in Palestinian society, in addition to local experts recommendations, and in order to achieve the technical requirements for the field work stage and for data processing, and using the most beneficial references:
Palestinian Work Condition Survey that was conducted in 1997.
Work Conditions Survey in Turkey.
ILO publications related to this topic, and the methodology which was reliable in conducting the survey.
Identification Data:
The main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.
Quality Control:
This part involves groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.
Household Roster:
This part involves demographic characteristics about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level…etc.
Employment Part:
This part involves the major research indicators, where one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.
Palestinian Work Condition Survey that was conducted in 1997.
Work Conditions Survey in Turkey.
ILO publications related to this topic, and the methodology which was reliable in conducting the survey.
Identification Data:
The main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.
Quality Control:
This part involves groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.
Household Roster:
This part involves demographic characteristics about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level…etc.
Employment Part:
This part involves the major research indicators, where one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| working conditions [3.6] | CESSDA | Link |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The Data are representative at region level (West Bank, Gaza Strip), locality type (urban, rural, camp) and governorates
Universe
The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in Palestine
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | Product the survey |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Palestinian National Authority | PNA | Financial assistance |
| The Core Funding Group | CFG | Financial assistance |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | SDC | Financial assistance |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Core Funding Group represented by the representative office | CFG | responded to the survey instrument |
| Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | SDC | responded to the survey instrument |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
4.2 Sampling Frame
The sample in the survey is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample.
Target Population:
The target population: consisted of all Employed Persons aged 15 years and over, who worked in the reference period, and living in the Palestinian Territories, excluding nomads and persons living in institutions such as prisons or shelters.
Frame:
The sampling frame consisted of a master sample of enumeration areas (EAs) selected from the Population, Housing and Establishment Census (1997). The master sample consists of area units of relatively equal size (number of households); these units have been used as primary sampling units (PSUs).
Sample Design:
The sample is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample. The first stage was the selection of a stratified sample of 481 enumeration areas.
The second stage sampling units are households.
Stratification:
Four levels of stratification have been made:
Stratification by District.
Stratification by place of residence which comprises:
(a) Municipalities (b) Villages (c) Refugee Camps
Stratification by locality size.
Stratification by cell identification in that order.
Sample Size:
The sample size is about 5,239 households, allowing for non-response and related losses of about 12% with respect to the sample size. The sample size of this survey based on 4,055 employees in both public and private sectors, 3,567 employees interviewed (complete cases) in order to represent the Palestinian society and statistical estimation about work condition indicators. This amount for the sample is considered sufficient to provide estimations about the main labour force characteristics at the level of the Palestinian territory, and to monitor the core changes in these characteristics.
The sample in the survey is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample.
Target Population:
The target population: consisted of all Employed Persons aged 15 years and over, who worked in the reference period, and living in the Palestinian Territories, excluding nomads and persons living in institutions such as prisons or shelters.
Frame:
The sampling frame consisted of a master sample of enumeration areas (EAs) selected from the Population, Housing and Establishment Census (1997). The master sample consists of area units of relatively equal size (number of households); these units have been used as primary sampling units (PSUs).
Sample Design:
The sample is a two-stage stratified cluster random sample. The first stage was the selection of a stratified sample of 481 enumeration areas.
The second stage sampling units are households.
Stratification:
Four levels of stratification have been made:
Stratification by District.
Stratification by place of residence which comprises:
(a) Municipalities (b) Villages (c) Refugee Camps
Stratification by locality size.
Stratification by cell identification in that order.
Sample Size:
The sample size is about 5,239 households, allowing for non-response and related losses of about 12% with respect to the sample size. The sample size of this survey based on 4,055 employees in both public and private sectors, 3,567 employees interviewed (complete cases) in order to represent the Palestinian society and statistical estimation about work condition indicators. This amount for the sample is considered sufficient to provide estimations about the main labour force characteristics at the level of the Palestinian territory, and to monitor the core changes in these characteristics.
Deviations from the Sample Design
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Response Rate
The sample size is about 5,239 households, allowing for non-response and related losses of about 12% with respect to the sample size. The sample size of this survey based on 4,055 employees in both public and private sectors, 3,567 employees interviewed (complete cases) in order to represent the Palestinian society and statistical estimation about work condition indicators. This amount for the sample is considered sufficient to provide estimations about the main labour force characteristics at the level of the Palestinian territory, and to monitor the core changes in these characteristics.
" The overall response rate for the survey was 88.0%
" The overall response rate for the survey was 88.0%
Weighting
Weights Calculation of households:
Weights have been calculated for each sampling unit. Weight reflects the sampling procedures, in order to make the weighting procedure practical and simple.
Adjusted weights are important to reduce bias resulting from non-responses. "Adjusted" weights give consideration to demographic changes between the time of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 1997 and the time the survey was carried out.
Adjusted weights in the survey are based on the estimation of the size of the population within the Palestinian Territory and their age group distribution according to the period (May-June, 2004)
Weights have been calculated for each sampling unit. Weight reflects the sampling procedures, in order to make the weighting procedure practical and simple.
Adjusted weights are important to reduce bias resulting from non-responses. "Adjusted" weights give consideration to demographic changes between the time of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 1997 and the time the survey was carried out.
Adjusted weights in the survey are based on the estimation of the size of the population within the Palestinian Territory and their age group distribution according to the period (May-June, 2004)
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2004-05-02 | 2004-07-01 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-02 | 2004-07-01 | Q2 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Re-interview
Field visits
Technical procedures to protect data
Field visits
Technical procedures to protect data
Data Collection Notes
The labour force team was trained for one day on the questionnaire completion for the Work Conditions Survey, and on the concepts and definitions used in data collection from households as well as the interviewing process. The number of field work members totaled 22 interviewers distributed among the governorates in addition to 4 supervisors and 3 editors.
The purpose of training courses is to provide participants with the main skills needed to conduct interviews. Two training courses were held, one in Ramallah for West Bank trainees, and one in Gaza City for Gaza Strip trainees. Each course was on the specifications of the Work Conditions Survey, including concepts and definitions, field work procedures, data collection, editing, coding, asking questions and recording answers, as well as field team organization and field supervision.
The purpose of training courses is to provide participants with the main skills needed to conduct interviews. Two training courses were held, one in Ramallah for West Bank trainees, and one in Gaza City for Gaza Strip trainees. Each course was on the specifications of the Work Conditions Survey, including concepts and definitions, field work procedures, data collection, editing, coding, asking questions and recording answers, as well as field team organization and field supervision.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | PCBS | Palestinian National Authority |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The questionnaire represents the main instrument for data collection The questionnaire on work conditions was designed according to International Labour Organization recommendations with respect to privacy issues in Palestinian society, in addition to local experts recommendations, and in order to achieve the technical requirements for the field work stage and for data processing, and using the most beneficial references:
Palestinian Work Condition Survey that was conducted in 1997.
Work Conditions Survey in Turkey.
ILO publications related to this topic, and the methodology which was reliable in conducting the survey.
Identification Data:
The main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.
Quality Control:
This part involves groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.
Household Roster:
This part involves demographic characteristics about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level…etc.
Employment Part:
This part involves the major research indicators, where one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.
Palestinian Work Condition Survey that was conducted in 1997.
Work Conditions Survey in Turkey.
ILO publications related to this topic, and the methodology which was reliable in conducting the survey.
Identification Data:
The main objective for this part is to record the necessary information to identify the household, such as, cluster code, sector, type of locality, cell, housing number and the cell code.
Quality Control:
This part involves groups of controlling standards to monitor the field and office operation, to keep in order the sequence of questionnaire stages (data collection, field and office coding, data entry, editing after entry and store the data.
Household Roster:
This part involves demographic characteristics about the household, like number of persons in the household, date of birth, sex, educational level…etc.
Employment Part:
This part involves the major research indicators, where one questionnaire had been answered by every 10 years and over household member, to be able to explore their labour force status and recognize their major characteristics toward employment status, economic activity, occupation, place of work, and other employment indicators.
Data Processing
Data Editing
Data editing took place at a number of stages through the processing including:
1. office editing and coding
2. during data entry
3. structure checking and completeness
4. structural checking of SPSS data files
1. office editing and coding
2. during data entry
3. structure checking and completeness
4. structural checking of SPSS data files
Data Appraisal
Estimates of Sampling Error
Detailed information on the sampling Error is available in the Survey Report.
Data Appraisal
Detailed information on the data appraisal is available in the Survey Report
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division of Users Services | Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
Confidentiality
General Statistics Law
No. (5) for Year 2000
Article (17
1. 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.
2. 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.
Access conditions
License Agreement for the Use of Micro Data in PCBS
items(10,11,12) as following:
1. pledges the utilization of "data" 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.
2. Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .
3. pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; 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.
items(10,11,12) as following:
1. pledges the utilization of "data" 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.
2. Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .
3. pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; 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.
Citation requirements
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,Work Condition Survey 2004 . V 1.0 (11-2013). Ramallah - Palestine.
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | Palestinian National Authority | diwan@pcbs.gov.ps | www.pcbs.gov.ps |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Work Condition Survey 2004.
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-WCS-2004-V1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics | PCBS | Palestinian Nationa Authority | Production and execute the survey |
Date of Metadata Production
2013-11-20
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (November / 2013)