Israel (IS)
Identification
Title of the survey: Income Survey 2009
Organisation responsible: Central Bureau of Statistics
Objectives of the survey: Collecting data on the household’s current money income from all sources, including work, property, interest and dividends, subsidies and allowances, and pension as well as income from other households.
Date: 13/06/2011
Periodicity and coverage
Periodicity of data collection: Yearly
Geographical coverage: Whole country excluding the following areas: collective moshavim, kibbutzim and Bedouin who live outside localities
Population coverage: Whole population excluding the following groups: Non-settled population and foreigners
The survey covers: Only the usual residents present
Definition of usual resident: The minimum duration of stay required to be considered as a usual resident is a year in the country.
Definition of household and household members: A household is a group of people who live together in one dwelling on a permanent basis (most of the week) and share food expenses.
Usual household members who are temporarily absent are enumerated in the survey: Yes, in household roster only
Age coverage: The labour related questions of the survey relate to the population of 15 years old and over
Topics covered:
Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, place/country of birth, ethnicity, place/country of previous residence, educational attainment, relationship to household head
Main labour related characteristics: employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, employment in informal sector, usual activity
Other labour related characteristics: industry, occupation, status in employment
Other characteristics: other sources of income (e.g. income from property)
Concepts and definitions
Current employment
Definition of employment: An earner is a person who worked for pay at least one day in the three months preceding the enumerator’s visit.
Reference period for employment: The three months preceding the interview date
Current unemployment
Underemployment
Hours of work
The survey measures: hours actually worked and usual hours
Information is collected for: main and secondary job(s) combined
Reference period used for the measure of hours of work: a week
Actual hours of work are collected for: the month as a whole
Separate information is collected for overtime hours: no
Separate information is collected for absence hours: no
Separate information is collected for working time arrangements: no
Time unit used in the measure of hours of work: exact hours
Income from paid employment
The components of income for which separate statistics are available are: regular cash earnings, profit related pay, bonuses, employment-related social security benefits and allowances
Income from paid employment covered: GROSS income
Reference period: a month
Income from paid employment refers to: main and secondary job(s) combined
Information on income from paid employment is requested in: exact amounts
Actual/usual income: actual income for a specific reference period
Income due/received: income received in a specific reference period
Income from self-employment
Income from self-employment covered: Gross income of unincorporated enterprises (receipts)
Value of production used for own consumption is included in the profit/remuneration: yes
Income from self-employment covered relates to: GROSS income
Reference period: a month
Income from self-employment refers to: main and secondary job(s) combined
Information on income from self-employment is requested in: exact amounts
Actual/usual income: actual income for a specific reference period
Income due/received: income received in a specific reference period
Comments: There are two options to report income: profit for the entire year or for the last three months.
Employment in the informal sector
Informal employment
Usual activity
Treatment of special groups
Classifications
Disaggregations used in the analysis and tabulation of the survey results:
- The economically active population is tabulated by:
- The employed population is tabulated by: sex, age, industry, occupation, status in employment, level of education, institutional sector (public/private), urban/rural area
- The unemployed population is tabulated by:
- The economically inactive population is tabulated by:
Classifications used
Industry:
- Title of the classification: ISIC Rev.4
- Number of most detailed groups or digits used: 1-3 digits
Occupation:
- Title of the classification: ISCO-88
- Number of most detailed groups or digits used: 1-3 digits (but only 14 groups published)
Status in employment:
- Title of the classification: Employee / self employed / not working
- Number of most detailed groups or digits used: 3 groups
Education:
- Title of the classification: Years of schooling/ last diploma/ last school
- Number of most detailed groups or digits used: 8 groups
- Links to international classifications: No link to ISCED
Sample design
Sampling frame: Municipal records
The sampling frame is updated: every year
Procedure used to update the sampling frame: see at http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications11/1439/pdf/intro_e.pdf
Number of sampling stages: 2
Ultimate sampling units: dwellings
Sample size: 15000 ultimate sampling units per year
Comments: see at http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications11/1439/pdf/intro_e.pdf
Data collection
Main mode of data collection: face to face personal interview (paper and pencil) and computer assisted personal interview (CAPl)
Number of ultimate sampling units (USU) interviewed per interviewer per day: 5
Average duration of an interview per household member of working age: 20 minutes
The field staff is mainly: part of a permanent survey organisation
Duration of training on the survey for newly recruited interviewers: 5 day(s)
Respondents' participation in the survey is compulsory: Yes
Ultimate sampling units that could not be identified are replaced: No
Ultimate sampling units that could not be contacted are replaced: No
Ultimate sampling units that refuse to participate are replaced: No
Estimation and adjustment
Percentage of all eligible ultimate sampling units that are interviewed: 86%
The sample is self-weighting: Yes
Weighting factors used to adjust for: sample design, survey non-response, bench-marking (to ensure consistency between survey estimates and those from other reliable source(s), e.g. census)
Adjustment for item non-response is made: Yes
Method of imputation: for weighting methods see: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications11/1439/pdf/intro_e.pdf
Documentation and dissemination
Publication(s) and website where the survey results can be found: The Income Survey (publication number 1439); www.cbs.gov.il
Publication(s) and website where methodological information on the survey can be found: www.cbs.gov.il
Dissemination formats and periodicity:
- news release (annual)
- comprehensive report (annual)
- microdata access
Time needed for an initial release of the survey results: 8 months
The public is informed in advance on the date of the initial release of survey results: Yes
Non-published results can be made available on request: Yes
Micro data are made available on request: No
Historical information
Year when the survey was conducted for the first time: 1965
Years when significant methodological changes were introduced: 1985; 1995