Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 1998

Palestine, 1998

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PAL_PECS_1998_HD_V2.0

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Economic Research Forum, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Partnership and parenthood status of the head (PARTHD)

Data file: Palestine98-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 2851

Valid (weighted): 2836.027

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 103

End: 103

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2172

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Head with partner, with no children	158	158	5.6%
2	Head with partner, with children, Youngest child<18	2129	2114	74.5%
3	Head with partner, with children, Youngest child 18+	267	267	9.4%
4	Single Head, with no children	152	153	5.4%
5	Single Head, with children, Youngest child<18	60	61	2.1%
6	Single Head, with children, Youngest child 18+	85	85	3%

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

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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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