Internal Trade Survey:

The Internal Trade Sector in Jordan is considered one of the most important sectors that contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and in the employment of manpower.  Due to this importance, the Department of Statistics (DOS (conducts an annual sample survey for the establishments engaged in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and repair of personal and household goods.

Objectives of the Survey

The overall aim of the survey is to provide data on, or for the calculation of the following items:

a.   Compensation of employees whether in cash or in kind.

b.  Gross output and intermediate consumption.

c.   Size of investment and capital formation during the year.

d    To compute the contribution of the internal trade sector to the GDP.

Thus, the data are used to prepare the National Accounts according to the United Nations standards.

Sample Design

A stratified random sample was designed, where the population was divided into four strata as follows:

·         Stratum 1: All establishments employing 10 workers or more were completely enumerated, with a total of 760 establishments.

·         Stratum 2: This stratum included all establishments employing 5-9 workers, where a sample of 614 establishments was selected.

·         Stratum 3: This stratum included all establishments employing less than 4 workers, where a sample of 3224 establishments was selected.

·         Stratum 4: All establishments which had revenues equal to, or more than JD 500,000 and not covered in the sample, were completely enumerated, with a total of 394 establishments.

          The overall sample size for this survey was 4992 establishments.

Services Survey:

       The Department of Statistics has been conducting the Services Survey on annual basis since 1988. This survey covers both the profit and the non-profit oriented establishments. The profit-oriented establishments include hotels, restaurants, real estate of machinery and equipment without operators, education, health, social work and community and personal services. Where the non-profit establishments include social and religious organizations, business and professional organizations, sport and social clubs and political parties and United Nations Relief and work Agency (UNRWA).

Objectives of the Survey

          The overall aim of the survey is to provide data on, or for the calculation of the following items by type of activity:

Compensation of employees whether in cash or in kind.

Gross output and intermediate consumption.

Investment and capital formation during the year.

The contribution of the services sector to the GDP.

      Thus, the data are used to prepare the National Accounts according to the United Nations standards. In addition, they are the basis for preparing supply and use (input-output) tables and for further economic analysis.

Sample Design

The survey sample was selected on the regional level, where, the  survey universe in each region was divided into three strata as follows:

·        Stratum 1: All establishments employing (20) workers more were completely enumerated.

·        Stratum 2: A representative sample of establishments employing (5–19)

       workers was selected.

·        Stratum 3: A representative sample of establishments employing less than  (5) workers was selected .

       The overall sample size for this survey was (3215) establishments.

Financial and insurance establishments Survey:

The Financial and Insurance sector in Jordan is considered one of the important sectors that contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and in the employment of manpower.  Due to this importance, which is expected to increase in the future, the Department of Statistics conducts an annual survey covering all establishments engaged in this sector.

Its worth mentioning that DOS has been  conducting this survey since 1984, and its main results used to be published in the Annual Yearbook until  a separate report of the survey results was published starting 2002.

Objectives of the Survey

         The overall aim of the financial and insurance survey is to provide data on, or for the calculation of the following items by type of activity

a.      Number of establishments.

b.     Compensation of employees whether in cash or in kind.

c.     Gross output and intermediate consumption.

d.     Size of investment and capital formation during the year.

e.      To compute the contribution of the financial and insurance sector to the GDP.

Thus, the data are used to prepare the National Accounts according to the United Nations standards.  In addition, they are the basis for preparing supply and use (input-output) tables and for further economic analysis

Survey Coverage

The survey covered all establishments engaged in the financial and insurance sector, where the total number of such establishments were (235) establishment in 2004

Transport Storage and Communications Survey:

       The Department of Statistics conducts annually the Transport, Storage and Communication Survey since 1992. The survey covers the organized and the unorganized sectors, where the organized sector includes all establishments engaged in one or more of the transport, storage and communication activities, and they should have a specified address and trade name. The unorganized sector consists of public vehicles owned by individuals which don’t have a specified address.

 Objectives of the Survey

The overall aim of the survey is to provide data on, or for the calculation of the following items by type of activity:

a.      Number of establishments and public vehicles.

b.     Compensation of employees whether in cash or in kind.

c.     Gross output and intermediate consumption.

d.     Investment and capital formation during the year.

      e.     The contribution of the transport, storage , and communications sector to the GDP, and to provide data for preparing the national account according to the united nations standards 1993

Sample Design

       All organized establishments for the year 2004 which operating in the transport, storage and communication activities where completely enumerated except for those engaged in the transportation of passengers by taxies, supporting and auxiliary for which a simple sample random of about 15-20% of the total number of establishments was selected. The total number of the sample was 1105 establishments in 2004.

. As for the unorganized sector a stratified random sample was designed and selected to include 6% of the total number of vehicles, the sample was equally distributed over the quarterly survey of this sector.

Employment Survey:

            The Employment Survey is a national survey conducted annually by the Department of Statistics. The Importance of this survey arises from the type of data obtained on the number of employees in both the public and the private sectors.
       According to their socio-economic characteristics and their compensations. Due to the fact that some of the workers do not work all year round, the data are collected annually with October serving as the reference month.

Objectives of the Survey
       The Employment Survey aims at providing the following data:

1. Number of establishments operating in the public and the private sectors by various economic activity.

2.  Number of employees in the public and the private sectors and their characteristics, such as sex, nationality, educational level and specialization.

3. Levels of cash salaries and wages paid to different occupation categories as well as regular and irregular cash allowances and remunerations.  

4. Compensation of employees by major occupation categories.

5. Average paid working hours by occupation categories in both the public and the private sectors.

6. Size of employment in the public and the private sectors

Survey Coverage

      The survey covered all operating establishments in the public sector (excluding military and security establishments) and all establishments of the private sector regardless of number of employees excluding agricultural establishments. The Department of Statistics has started since 1999 to include small establishments engaging less than 5 workers.

Sample Design

      The sample of the 2003 Survey was designed to include:

1. All establishments of  the public sector excluding military and security establishments, with a total number of (263).

2. All establishments of the private sector engaging 50 workers and more.

3. A sample was drawn from the remaining establishments.

      The total sample size for the survey was 5288 establishments

constructions Survey:

Introduction

      The constructions sector is  one  of the most important sectors that contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the employment of labour force. This sector has backward and forward linkages with many economic sectors. It covers the following activities:

a.       Preparation of the project site.

b.      Constructing buildings and civil engineering work.

c.       Sanitary fittings and electricity networking in buildings.

d.      Buildings finishing works.

     Large private and government construction projects are carried out by contractors registered with the Ministry of Public Works (MPW). The Ministry classifies contractors in different categories according to their registered capital and qualifications in executing governmental and public projects. The Jordanian Contractors Association (JCA) organizes all affairs related to the classified contractors affiliated to it. The Department of Statistics (DOS) obtains annually a list of such contractors from the JCA . This list forms the general frame from which a sample is drawn annually for the purposes of the Contractors Survey.

      Secondary construction projects are usually implemented by the unclassified contractors,  technicians and the skilled laborers working in this sector, most of them  have no fixed address and do not have to register with the MPW or JCA. The DOS canvasses all new building licenses which  constitute the frame for the Constructions Complementary Survey conducted by DOS on a quarterly basis.

Objectives of the Surveys

       The overall objective of the construction surveys is generally to:

a.       Measure the volume of construction projects and activities carried out all over the country each year, and to provide data on the nature and specific classifications of these projects, in addition to data on the dwellings built each year.

b.      Measure the volume of permanent and occasional employment by nationality.

c.       Provide data on the intermediate consumption of construction activities in terms of goods and services and to identify the value of stocks of the goods used.

d.      Provide data on the fixed assets of Establishment operating in this sector.

e.       Provide data on invested capital and capital formation.

f.        Measure the contribution of the constructions sector to the GDP, in addition to providing the required data for the preparation of National Accounts according to the 1993 United Nations System of National Accounts.

g.       Provide data on the total area of buildings licensed each year.

 Sample Design
    

     Each sample survey in the constructions sector has its own sample design as follows:

1.The Contractors Survey

      The frame of this survey consisted of all contracting establishments registered with the JCA. These establishments are classified by MPW into six categories. The sample design for this survey consisted of two groups. The first group covered all establishments classified in the first, second and third categories, in addition to all new establishments registered with the JCA for the first time, as well as the non-Jordanian establishments operating in the Kingdom during the year. The total number of such establishments during  2004 reached 605. The second group is a stratified random sample drawn from establishments classified in the fourth, fifth and sixth categories, The total number reached during the same year 328 establishments.

2. The Complementary Survey
     The frame of this survey consisted of the newly licensed buildings obtained from the Building Licenses Census. The sample of this survey is a stratified random sample designed on the basis of the estimated cost of the buildings in each Region as follows:

·         The Middle Region
1. A  2% sample is drawn from the buildings with less than JD 20,000 

         cost.
      2. A  6% sample is drawn from the  buildings with an estimated cost  

          ranging between JD 20,000 and JD 99,999.
      3. A  15% sample is drawn from the buildings with an estimated  cost  

          ranging between JD 100,000 and 199,999 JD.
      4.  A 25% sample is drawn from the buildings with an estimated  cost   

           ranging between JD 200,000 and JD 499,999.

      5.  All buildings whose  estimated cost exceeds JD 500,000 are completely enumerated.

·         The North  and South Region's
1. A  4 % sample is drawn from the  buildings with less than JD 20,000 

          cost.
      2. A 10 % sample is drawn from the  buildings with an estimated cost   

          ranging between JD 20,000 and JD 99,999.
      3.  All buildings whose  estimated  cost exceeds JD 100,000 are 

           completely enumerated.

3.The Building Licenses Census
            New building’s  licenses are  collected quarterly from 157 concerned licensing authorities in the kingdom these are, the municipalities, the Greater Amman Municipality, the local authorities and the district committees.