Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1995/1996

Palestine, 1995 - 1996

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_1996_HD_V2.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Collections

Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Relationship to head [Standardized version] (PREL)

Data file: Palestine96-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 31687

Valid (weighted): 31235.725

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2369

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Head of household	4547	4500	14.4%
2	Spouse	4134	4083	13.1%
3	Son/daughter	18289	18004	57.6%
4	Father/Mother (parents)	602	591	1.9%
5	Brother/sister	863	858	2.7%
6	Grandchildren	1770	1744	5.6%
7	Other relatives	1473	1448	4.6%
8	Other non-relatives	9	9	0%

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

Relationship to the head of household, where the value '1' always stands for the head of the household him/herself.
The variable "Other relatives " includes nephew and niece, grandparents, sons and daughters in law, etc.....

Universe

All individuals

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf)

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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The Arabic translation of the questionnaire and the coding sheet indicates that code "7" is labeled "Grandchildren" and not "Nephew\niece" as in the English version.
The Arabic version is used and the variable is recoded accordingly.

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