The Socio-economic Conditions of the Palestinian Households’ Survey 2009

The file contains the Identification data for households

Introductory data and quality control items. The household members' data include data about the demographic, social, and economic characteristics such as the relation between the members and the head of the household, age, sex, education, questions about residence and migration, status in relation to the labour force, main profession and economic activity, desire to migrate, and other indicators.

Including information about the household in relation to the characteristics of the household's housing unit such as number of rooms, possession, type of housing unit, and availability of durable goods (i.e. television set, telephone line, refrigerator).

Including questions on the existence of the Agriculture holding (plant and animal) of the household and the cultivated land and the uses of the land and irrigation methods used.

Including questions about the household receiving assistance and how far these assistance influencing the households budget, the type and source of assistance, as well as reasons for not receiving it. In addition to the ability of household to survive and to continue to cope the economic conditions

Including information about the household income and the change in household income and the different sources of income, also includes information on expenditures, the value of monthly household expenditure, the change in expenditure and the most important items that were to change the expenditure and purchase on dept.

Including information about the household concerned with their daily household consumption of food items, quantities, types and sources for obtaining it. It also includes the value of expenditures on the household during the past month to cover the consumption of food and other expenses (housing, bills, education).

This section includes information on the restrictions imposed on the Palestinian territories on the movement and the movement of household members during the last six months, both the normal movement, to go to work, tilling the soil as well as health services received by the household memebers in terms of availability and source of service, as well as avaibility to public services such as schools, health centers, hospitals.