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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Relationship to head [Standardized version] (PREL)

Data file: Palestine98-IND-V2

Overview

Valid: 20113

Valid (weighted): 19962.013

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2387

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Head of household	2851	2836	14.2%
2	Spouse	2570	2552	12.8%
3	Son/daughter	12124	12031	60.3%
4	Father/Mother (parents)	339	333	1.7%
5	Brother/sister	447	440	2.2%
6	Grandchildren	976	968	4.8%
7	Other relatives	806	801	4%
8	Other non-relatives	0	0	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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