Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 2017

Palestine, 2016 - 2017

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PAL_PECS_2017_HD_V3.0

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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Partnership and parenthood status of the head (PARTHD)

Data file: Palestine17-HH-V3

Overview

Valid: 3739

Valid (weighted): 3739

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 96

End: 96

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2944

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Head with partner, with no children	282	265	7.1%
2	Head with partner, with children, Youngest child<18	2600	2666	71.3%
3	Head with partner, with children, Youngest child 18+	425	411	11%
4	Single Head, with no children	197	164	4.4%
5	Single Head, with children, Youngest child<18	80	80	2.1%
6	Single Head, with children, Youngest child 18+	155	153	4.1%

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.

Description

Definition

ERF recode that allows users to identify heads as having a partner (either married or unmarried) versus not having a partner, as well as parents as opposed to non-parents, using a single variable

Universe

All heads

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

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Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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Partnership status for head may be restricted to civic status, parenthood status assumes that the children of the head are also children of the spouse.

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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Generated by ERF.
Single head is defined as never married, divorced, separated or widowed.
Head with partner is defined as a married head.

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