Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1998

Palestine, 1998

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_1998_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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Household composition (HCOMP)

Data file: Palestine98-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 2851

Valid (weighted): 2836.027

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 30

End: 30

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2172

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	1-2 adults, no child	270	271	9.5%
2	1-2 adults, 1-2 children	251	252	8.9%
3	1-2 adult, 3 or more children	955	946	33.4%
4	3 adults or more, 0-1 child	376	374	13.2%
5	3 adults or more, 2-3 children	283	284	10%
6	3 adults or more, 4 children or more	716	709	25%

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

Indicates the composition of the household with the number of adults and of children using standardized family models: 2 adults no children, 2 adults 1-2 children etc..

Universe

All households

Source of information

Data Dictionary & Questionnaire/Codebook

Imputation and derivation

Coder instructions

Generated by ERF
OR
Original survey variable recoded/renamed (Ref: Data dictionary.pdf) if available

Others

Notes

GENERAL NOTES
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This variables might not exist in all surveys and can be constructed using the information in the household and person files.
In case the variable is generated, the adult is defined as either a:
- HH member aged 18 years or older
- HH head even if aged less than 18 years
- a married HH member even if aged less than 18 years

COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES
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