Palestinian Family Survey 2010 Final Report - Palestinian Central ...

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010FOREWORDThe Palestinian Family Survey was carried out in 2010 by the Palestinians Central Bureau of Statistics, to address nationalstatistical needs, in addition to being part of the fourth round of the global MICS programme. As part of thesurvey additional country specific indicators on youth and elderly in the State of Palestine ( the West Bank, Gaza Strip,and Jerusalem)were also collected. The survey was supported technically and financially by UNICEF and UNFPA.The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics also extends it thanks and appreciation to all Palestinian families in the Stateof Palestine who contributed to the success of the survey and would also like to thank all the field workers, supervisors,editors and field supervisors and the technical staff who worked for the successful implementation of the survey.The PCBS extends gratitude to the UNICEF and UNFPA for their technical and financial support which had a great contributionin the success in carrying out this survey.The Palestinian Family Survey is carried out by the Palestinians Central Bureau of Statistics every four years coveringhealth and demographic aspects of women and children as well as youth and the elderly. The report covers thePalestinian Family Survey -2010 carried out as part of the fourth round of Multiple IndicatorCluster Surveys (MICS4).The survey provides up to date information on the health, economic, and social situation of women and children; inaddition to providing information on characteristics of the family in which each woman and child live as well as themain indicators about the categories of youth and elderly. This offers a study, analysis, and understanding of the actualindicators and their relationship with demographic, social, economic, and environmental variables. The survey alsomeasures the major indicators which allows countries to monitor their progress towards achieving the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) besides measuring the level of fulfilling other internationally agreed upon commitments;in addition to enabling policy and decision makers, and intervention programs to evaluate the plans and programs,amend them, and locate the areas of intervention based on the results. The carry out of the survey also aims at updatingthe databases on women and children as well as building and enhancing the technical staff capabilities of carryingout surveys and analyzing data out of them. The Palestinian Family survey conducted in 2010 was led by a technicalteam from the Palestinians Central Bureau of Statistics, UNICEF, and UNFPA, and Ministry of Health.The Palestinian Central Bureau of statistics hopes to have contributed in providing reliable data on the situation of thePalestinians in the State of Palestine to planners and policy makers, It also hopes to have succeeded in adding a newdimension for all the concerned and interested parties which allows them to build their plans and strategies based onreliable up to date data; in addition to providing data for academic researchers for further scientific research and deepanalysis that allows better understanding of the Palestinian situation in the State of Palestine.Ola AwadPresident,Palestinian Central Bureau of Statisticsv