Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 2017

Palestine, 2016 - 2017

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_2017_HD_V3.0

Producer(s)

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: Palestine17-HH-V3

Overview

Valid: 3739

Valid (weighted): 3739

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 33

End: 33

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2944

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	1-2 adults, no child	486	440	11.8%
2	1-2 adults, 1-2 children	515	534	14.3%
3	1-2 adult, 3 or more children	1066	1133	30.3%
4	3 adults or more, 0-1 child	757	705	18.9%
5	3 adults or more, 2-3 children	531	502	13.4%
6	3 adults or more, 4 children or more	384	425	11.4%

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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