Expenditure and Consumption Survey, PECS 2005

Palestine, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

PAL_PECS_2005_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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Feb 19, 2014

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Household composition (HCOMP)

Data file: Palestine05-HH-V2

Overview

Valid: 2152

Valid (weighted): 2152.021

Invalid: 0

Invalid (weighted): 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V2417

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	1-2 adults, no child	157	158	7.3%
2	1-2 adults, 1-2 children	244	237	11%
3	1-2 adult, 3 or more children	758	760	35.3%
4	3 adults or more, 0-1 child	285	292	13.6%
5	3 adults or more, 2-3 children	270	273	12.7%
6	3 adults or more, 4 children or more	438	432	20.1%

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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