Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1997

Palestine, 1997

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_1997_HD_V2.0

Producer(s)

Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Income and Expenditure Surveys ERF Harmonized Datasets

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Relationship to head [Standardized version] (PREL)

Data file: Palestine97-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 23188

Valid (weighted): 23208.79

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2377

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Head of household	3270	3275	14.1%
2	Spouse	2961	2965	12.8%
3	Son/daughter	13643	13636	58.8%
4	Father/Mother (parents)	487	484	2.1%
5	Brother/sister	676	675	2.9%
6	Grandchildren	1142	1153	5%
7	Other relatives	1003	1015	4.4%
8	Other non-relatives	6	6	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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