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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. - Arab Barometer
Multi-country social survey designed to assess citizen attitudes about public affairs, governance, and social policy in the Arab world, and to identify factors that shape these attitudes and values. Seeks public opinion on such topics as: support for democratic institutions, political interest and participation, attitudes toward terrorism and political violence, conceptions and interpretations of Islam, the relationship between religion and politics, and attitudes toward Middle East international relations. Also available through ICPSR. - Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010
Includes both individual-level and country-level variables. Data on individual-level variables are drawn from 35 surveys carried out in 12 Arab countries, Turkey, and Iran. Taken together, a total of 56,178 men and women were surveyed. Most of the surveys were carried out either as the first wave of the Arab Barometer, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th waves of the World Values Survey, or a project on attitudes related to governance carried out by Mark Tessler with funding from the National Science Foundation. Also includes 4 earlier surveys, as well as variables based on 34 time-specific country-level characteristics, for example, Freedom House political freedom ratings; labor force attributes compiled by the World Bank, the United Nations and others; natural resource rents, also complied by the World Bank; ratings on the United Nations Human Development Index; freedom of religion indices developed by the United States State Department; and linguistic, ethnic and religious fractionalization indices compiled in a private research project. Demographic variables include age, sex, education, employment status, marital status, religion, and income. - CensusInfo (Occupied Palestinian Territory)
Contains data drawn from the 2007 Population, Housing and Establishment Census for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. - Child labour survey (2004) (Palestine)
Provides basic information on Palestinian child labor such as number of working children, work time, work hours and work days.Sample Size: approximately 10,334 households; 8,601 households had eligible children - Complex Emergency Database (CE-DAT)
Database of mortality and malnutrition rates - the most commonly used public health indicators of the severity of a humanitarian crisis. Subnational data is included for some countries. - Computer, internet and mobile phone survey (2004) (Palestine)
Provides data on possession of PCs, TV sets, telecommunication means and satellite dishes; access to the Internet; prevalence of computers and access to the Internet; possession and use of recreational devices; participants' recreational and leisure activities; permeation of newspapers and magazines; and participants' tendency towards TV and radio stations. The survey was conducted in July and August 2004.Sample Size: 7,557 households (4, 992 households in the West Bank and 2,565 households in the Gaza Strip) - Culture Survey (1996) (Palestine)
Provides basic indicators on various aspects of Palestinian culture, especially on cultural behavior and practices of individuals. These indicators cover the following items: availability of home library and subject of available books, inherited verbal culture, reading books and newspaper, radio listening, television viewing, visiting cultural institutions and recreational and leisure time activities. The sample design took into account the geographic distribution of the households in order to ensure full coverage of the various localities (e.g., cities, villages, and camps) of the Palestinian Territory.Sample Size: 1,187 households and 5,351 individuals. - Demographic and health survey (2004) (Palestine)
Updates the various indicators measured by the Health Survey-2000 (DSS Study 5089). The aim of the survey is to collect data on the health status of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian Territory in order to facilitate the assessment and monitoring of maternal and child health. The main objectives of the survey are to update the available database on the demographic and health status of the Palestinian population, particularly women and children; to provide important data for use by researchers and for policy formulation and program development in the Palestinian Territory; to assess health service provision in relation to maternal and child health; and to enable policy and decision makers to develop future plans and programs on the basis of findings of this survey.Sample Size: 5,799 households, including 4,972 married women aged 15-54, and 4,839 children under 5 years. - EM-DAT : the International Disaster Database
Essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 18,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. - Ghanaian Public Opinion on the Middle East Conflict in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, 2006
- Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database (2011+)
Measures how people around the world - including the poor, women, and rural residents - manage their day-to-day finances and plan for the future. Expected to be conducted every 3 years. First round included 140 countries. - Global Terrorism Database II, 1998-2004
Undertaken to address the fact that there is little robust empirical analysis of terrorism. The two primary reasons for this problem included insufficient temporal and spatial coverage of available data, and a lack of public availability of terrorism data. Due to this lack of available empirical data regarding terrorism, the researchers sought to code and verify a previously unavailable dataset composed of terrorist events recorded for the entire world from 1998 through 2004. The goal was to create a comprehensive and sound data set on global terrorism that can be used to derive methodologically robust insights into the phenomenon of terrorism and how to counter it. Not intended to be merged with the Global Terrorism Database, 1970-1997. The data being distributed in this data collection were collected using different methods and often different data definitions. Accordingly, the databases should not be used for direct comparison. Does not examine state terrorism. - Health survey - 1996 (Palestine)
Collected data on the health status of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian Territory in order to facilitate the assessment and monitoring of maternal and child health status. Data are compiled from approximately 2,694 households including 4,862 married women aged 14-49 years and 4,630 children under the age of five. - Health survey - 2000 (Palestine)
Updates the various indicators measured by the Health Survey-1996 (DSS Study 5082). The aim of the survey is to collect data on the health status of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian Territory in order to facilitate the assessment and monitoring of maternal and child health. The main objectives of the survey are to collect data on fertility and family planning; to provide data on reproductive trends and use of family planning methods; to provide data on the basic indicators of the health situation in the Palestinian Territory such as breastfeeding, antenatal care, immunization, and other health indicators; and to furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward goals established at the world summit for children and a basis for future action. For update see Demographic and Health Survey 2004 (DSS Study 5090).Sample Size: 6,204 households, including 5,729 married women aged 12-54, and 6,169 children under age of 5 - Housing Condition Survey - 2000
Aims to provide reliable general data on housing and housing conditions indicators in Palestine in order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives Type of housing unit, Tenure of housing unit, Year of completing housing unit construction, Number of rooms in the housing unit, Number of bedrooms in the housing unit, Housing density, Availability of (water and electricity supplies, sewage network, phone lines, etc), Availability of durable goods, Housing Unit close to Public Service and Households need for housing units. - Housing Conditions Survey - 2003
Aims to provide reliable general data on housing and housing conditions indicators in Palestine in order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives Type of housing unit, Tenure of housing unit, Year of completing housing unit construction, Number of rooms in the housing unit, Number of bedrooms in the housing unit, Housing density, Availability of (water and electricity supplies, sewage network, phone line), Availability of durable goods, Housing Unit close to Public Service and Households need for housing units. - Impact of the Israeli measures on the well-being of the Palestinian children, women and the Palestinian household survey, 2001 : micro data.
Main objective is to measure the impact of Israeli measures on Palestinian children, women, and households. Data collection took place during the period 4/11/2001-5/15/2001. A random stratified cluster sample was selected to represent the target population. Sample included enumeration areas close to clashes, settlements, and Israeli checkpoints. Sample also covered areas exposed to direct aggression from the Israeli military (shelling, shooting, uprooting of trees, land drifting, etc.) in addition to other areas. Includes projections of demographic and social characteristics for all household members, housing condition indicators, living level indicators for household, and main and secondary sources of income.Sample Size: Random stratified cluster sample - International Religious Freedom Data (2001, 2003, 2005, 2008)
Contains aggregate measures from U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Reports. This coding produced data on 196 different countries and territories but excluded the United States. Also includes 3 indexes calculated from these data: Government Regulation of Religion index, Social Regulation of Religion index, Government Favoritism of Religion index. Part of the Association of Religion Data Archives. 2008 is found separately. - IPUMS-International Census Data
Project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Samples are currently available for Argentina (1970, 1980, 1991, 2001), Armenia (2001), Austria (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001), Belarus (1999), Bolivia (1976, 1992, 2001), Brazil (1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000), Cambodia (1998, 2008), Canada (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001), Chile (1960, 1970, 1982, 1992, 2002), China (1982, 1990), Colombia (1964, 1973, 1985, 1993, 2005), Costa Rica (1963, 1973, 1984, 2000), Cuba (2002), Ecuador (1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 2001), Egypt (1996, 2006), El Salvador (1992, 2007), France (1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999, 2006), West Germany (1970, 1987), East Germany (1971, 1981) Ghana (2000), Greece (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001), Guinea (1983, 1996), Hungary (1970, 1980, 1990, 2001, India (1983, 1987, 1993, 1999, 2004 -- all employment surveys), Indonesia (1971, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2010), Iran (2006), Iraq (1997), Ireland (1971, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2006), Israel (1972, 1983, 1995), Italy (2001), Jamaica (1982, 1991, 2001), Jordan (2004), Kenya (1989, 1999), Kyrgyz Republic (1999), Malawi (1987, 1998, 2008), Malaysia (1970, 1980, 1991, 2000), Mali (1987, 1998), Mexico (1960, 1970, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010), (Mongolia 1989, 2000), Morocco (1982, 1994, 2004), Nepal (2001), Netherlands (1960, 1971, 2001), Nicaragua (1971, 1995, 2005), Pakistan (1973, 1981, 1998), Palestine (1997, 2007), Panama (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000), Peru (1993, 2007), Philippines (1990, 1995, 2000), Portugal (1981, 1991, 2001), Puerto Rico (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2005), Romania (1977, 1992, 2002), Rwanda (1991, 2002), Saint Lucia (1980, 1991), Senegal (1988, 2002), Sierra Leone (2004), Slovenia (2002), South Africa (1996, 2001, 2007), Spain (1981, 1991, 2001), Sudan (2008), Switzerland (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000), Tanzania (1988, 2002), Thailand (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000), Turkey (1985, 1990, 2000), Uganda (1991, 2001), United Kingdom (1991, 2001), United States (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2001-2010 {American Community Survey}), Uruguay (1963, 1975, 1985, 1996, 2006), Venezuela (1971, 1981, 1990, 2001), Vietnam (1989, 1999, 2009). Registration is required. - Israeli Election Study Series
Surveys the political behavior and attitudes of Israeli voters before and after elections to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, and for the Israeli Prime Minister. The series provides data on Israeli voters' attitudes toward national issues, such as the issues of peace and security, defense, Arab-Israeli relations, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Palestinian terrorism and statehood, democracy in Israel, the economy, minorities, and religion, and the party and politicians best suited to address these issues effectively. 1969+ - Labor Force Survey (Palestine)
Includes a series of sample statistical surveys aimed to identify the reality of the Palestinian labor market. Also provides data essential for policy making and developing employment levels in the Palestinian Territory. Data provided represent data of the continuous labor force survey round from 1995-2004, on a quarterly basis. Also available in an easy to use SDA format.Sample Size: Each round targets 7,560 households representing about 22,000 individuals aged 15 years and older. Citation:
Labor Force Survey (Palestine) (Electronic File)
Version: 1995-2004
- Measurement of Cross-cutting Cleavages and Other Multidimensional Cleavage Structures
Contains 69 new indices for race, ethnicity, language, religion, income, and geography. - Media survey 2000 (Palestine)
Provides many indicators relevant to mass media including: the ownership of PCs, TV sets, telecommunication means and satellite dishes, tendency towards TV and radio stations, the permeation of newspapers and magazines, method of receiving, and sections of newspapers read, prevalence of computers and access to the Internet, source of information for Palestinian children, favorite time of watching TV and listening to radio for Palestinian children, family monitoring of TV programs, and number of hours children spend watching TV. Besides targeting the household as a single unit, the survey targeted persons in the age groups 6-17 years, and 18 years and older.Sample Size: 8,276 households: 5,733 households in the West Bank and 2,543 households in the Gaza Strip - Middle East Political Events Data, 1979-1995
Collection of machine-coded events using the coding scheme employed in Correlates of War to create a continuous time series of data on interstate interaction covering the Levant area (countries bordering on the eastern Mediterranean sea). Produced by a computer program, developed at the University of Kansas, which reads in Reuters News Service reports and parses the first sentence (the lead) into the three main components (subject, verb, and object). The Kansas Events Data System (KEDS) program then recodes these components according to the COW coding scheme. Each yearly dataset contains 4 variables: date, source (subject), target (object), and action (verb). Dictionary files that match the actual person, group, or event to the coded value are provided. In addition, the principal investigator has provided information on linking the datasets for longitudinal analysis. - Nutrition survey - 2002 (Palestine)
Collected data on the health and nutritional status of the Palestinian population in the Palestinian Territory, especially children aged 6-59 months and women aged 15-49 years, in order to facilitate the assessment and monitoring of health and nutritional status. The main objectives of the survey are determining the overall rate of malnutrition among children, the prevalence of anemia among children aged 6-59 months, and the prevalence of anemia among women aged 15-49 years. The data set contains 8 files.Sample Size: 4,644 households, including 6,190 women aged 15-49 years, and 3,331 children aged 6-59 months. - Palestinian Center For Public Opinion
Summary reports of public opinion of Palestinians. - Palestinian Expenditure and Consumption Survey (1996-1998)
Provides information on standards of living and patterns of consumption and expenditure among Palestinian households and individuals on different kinds of goods and services such as food groups and other non food groups such as (clothing and footwear, housing, education, health care), and we see the impact of other indicators such as (region, type of locality, sex of head of household, household size) on the average of household and individuals consumption and expenditure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. - Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 1997
Includes 1) all persons present in the Palestinian territory on the reference date, irrespective of nationality, purpose of stay and place of residence in the Palestinian territory. (2) all Palestinians temporarily living abroad (for less than one year prior to the night of the reference date) and who have a usual place of residence in the Palestinian territory (these persons are enumerated as part of their households). (3) all Palestinians studying abroad irrespective of the study period and the period of stay abroad and all Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails regardless of the detention period.Sample Size: 10% - PalInfo
Contains key socio-economic indicators for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. - Party Variation in Religiosity and Women's Leadership: A Cross-National Perspective, 2008-2010
Compiled with the goal of looking beyond the national domestic level into individual party-level explanations for women's political leadership. Consists of 2 parts which analyze the party level for women's ascendancy to political leadership. Part 1 focuses on an aggregate of 25 non-randomly selected countries, Part 2 focuses on Lebanon. The study records the level of religiosity of political parties, where it refers to religious components in the party's political platforms or the extent to which religion penetrates a party's political agendas. Both datasets examine party variation in religiosity, party structure, respondents' station within a parties' decision-making inner structures, and other party-level characteristics that may impact women's leadership in various political parties. Additional variables include identifiers for Muslim, Arab, and European states, level of secularism, election design, party design, and age of party. - Pechter Middle East Polls
Political, economic and social surveys in the Middle East and Muslim portions of South Asia and Africa. Select data is free online. - Pew Global Attitudes Project
Worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. Topics have included views of Asian nations of each other, Muslims in Europe, images of the United States, the Iraq War, and foreign policy. Surveys include different nations and topics by year. - Polling the Nations
Compilation of public opinion surveys conducted in the United States and more than 100 other countries. Each record includes the question asked and the responses given, the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and the groups or areas included in the interview. - Poverty survey 2003 micro data. (Palestine)
Provides information on the effects of border closures and other political upheaval to the living standards of the Palestinian population. Also tracks changes in living standards and poverty. PCBS conducted the poverty survey in the Palestinian Territory during December 2003.Sample Size: 3,127 households (1,899 in the West Bank and 1,228 in the Gaza Strip) - Social survey of Jerusalem, 2003 : micro data
Main objective is to provide reliable and up-to-date basic statistical information about the Palestinian community in Jerusalem in the fields of demography, social affairs and household economy. Provides detailed statistics about education, health, labor force, cultural activities, and Israeli violations against Palestinian people in Jerusalem.Sample Size: Approximately 3,002 households including 16,029 persons. - Time Use Survey 1999/2000 [Palestine]
Presents data on the time spent on the various activities such as work activities inside or outside establishments, housework, household care activities, voluntary activities, educational activities, cultural and social activities, mass media use, and personal care. Also, provides data on the percentage of individuals who carried out such activities, and average time spent on carrying out such activities for those who practiced. In addition, this survey sheds light on the social environment surrounding the individual while practicing such activities, including participants, place of activity, and means of transportation used in carrying out the activity. - Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) (1995+)
Provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. 4th- and 8th-grade students compared to that of students in other countries. Collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. Next round of collection will be in 2011. Also see the NCES Bibliography for literature that has used this data. - Victimization Survey (1996, 1999) (Palestine)
Provides basic indicators on various aspects of victimization such as: Households and persons Victimized by criminal offense, type of criminal offense, Crime location, Perpetrator, Crime reporting, Reported crime underwent legal proceedings, Physical harm and tangible losses of criminal offenses - Voice of the People Series (2005+)
Annual survey to solicit public opinion on social and political issues. Every year the survey will be conducted in approximately 50 countries, with a minimal sample size of 500 per country. Wherever possible, within each country a nationally representative sample n=500 adults, male and female, aged 18 and older will be used. In some emergent countries, where such research conditions are not possible, there may be stated variations to this (e.g. urban areas only). Similarly, in the developed world interviews will be conducted by telephone, while in emergent and under-developed countries face to face interviews will be conducted. Demographic variables include sex, age, household income, education level, employment status, and religious preference. - Work conditions survey 1997 (Palestine)
Conducted as a supplement to the Labour Force Survey. Provides basic information on the employment characteristics of Palestinian labor in both the public and private sector including health condition at work, work environment, membership in labor unions and availability of employment contracts.Sample Size: 4,719 employed persons aged 15 years and older - World Contraceptive Use (2010)
Includes trends on contraceptive prevalence and unmet needs for family planning. 2012 is found on the UN Site. - World Fertility Data (2006, 2008)
Data on fertility and marriage for 192 countries. The indicators are selected in such a way as to present a concise picture of reproductive behavior from both period and cohort perspectives. The data are compiled from civil registration, population censuses and nationally representative sample surveys. The basic criterion for inclusion of data is its reliability. No attempts were made to estimate missing data. For each country, available data are presented for 2 dates. An earlier date was centered on 1970 and the most recent on 2000 or later. In cases where data for 1970 are not available, the closest date is selected from within the 1960-1985 period. For the later date, the most recent available estimate since 1986 is selected. Reference dates were chosen on the basis of two criteria: the database should contain most recent available data and the benchmark data that should correspond to the beginning of sustained fertility decline in most parts of the world. 2012 is found on the UN site. - World Marriage Data (2006, 2008)
Contains data on marriage for 192 countries. Indicators are selected in such a way as to present a concise picture of marital behavior from both period & cohort perspectives. Data are compiled from civil registration, population censuses and nationally representative sample surveys. The basic criterion for inclusion of data is its reliability. No attempts were made to estimate missing data. For each country, marital statuses and period indicators are presented for 2 dates. An earlier date was centered on 1970 and the most recent on 2000 or later. In cases where data for 1970 are not available, the closest date is selected from within the 1960-1985 period. For the later date, the most recent available estimate since 1986 is selected. Reference dates were chosen on the basis of two criteria: the database should contain most recent available data and the benchmark data that should correspond to the beginning of sustained fertility decline in most parts of the world. 2012 is found on the UN site.- World Public Opinion.org
Program on International Policy Attitudes site providing public opinion from around the world. - Youth survey 2003 micro data. (Palestine)
Study of different topics of significance to youth such as entertainment activities, family relationships, education, health and labor.Sample Size: 4,830 households: 3,256 households in the West Bank and 1,574 households in Gaza Strip
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