Metadata of Cabs Operating Cost Survey Indicators by Transport and
Communication Statistics Directorate for 2012
1- Data Source:
Transport sector is an essential support for economic and social development as it
participates in supporting production operation of all economic activities.
Transport and Communication Directorate conducted the private sector cabs
operating cost survey for the first time in 1987 for the importance of its produced
indicators especially for national accounts purposes, then it conducted it again in
1990, 2000, 2006 and finally in 2012, covering the caps (passengers and load) in
private sector because they represent the large number of cars in Iraq.
The survey aims to produce and provide statistical indicators and disseminate the
basic data of private sector cabs operating cost survey for 2012 as well as to
define the operating cost of these cars and the productive operations accompanied
by this activity, the kinds of cars (passengers and load), styles of revenues and
expenses, work hours, number of kilometers passed, number of drivers (owners
and non-owners).The excluded indicators have been developed this year to meet
the needs of all beneficiaries according to CSO plan surveying the taxi and cabs
belong to the private sector in 2012 for providing statistical indicators that reflect
the importance of this activity for achieving detailed indicators on its contribution
in Gross Domestic Production gained by evaluated projects.
2- Methodology
The administrative system depended on the gross number of cars to estimate the
sample size of each kind of cars. Sample size of (1000) cars are calculated for
each governorate distributed at Qadha level, the result of calculation was (192)
cars with approximated proportion (5%) for non- response, (200) cars for each car
layer which are (5) layers of each governorate to be interviewed, so the sample
was (18000) cars. However, the sample was designed in accordance with National
Accounts Directorate need after fruitful discussions with CSO Directorates. The
survey covered private sector cabs (passengers and load) basing on estimating
sample size of each kind of cars including cab passengers and load in (15)
governorates except Kurdistan Region (refused to conduct this survey) and
depending on numbers of cab cars in private sector extracted from the report of
private sector cars registered in General Directorate of Traffic till 31/12/2012
issued by Transport and Communication Statistics Directorate in CSO.
The questionnaire included the following:
1- The cover
2- Data collection tables
3- Instructions
The field work started on 15/8/2012 till 31/12/2012, pretest was conducted on
1/11/2012. Data collection process was conducted using a questionnaire
specifically designed by Transport and Communication Statistics Directorate for
this survey. The questionnaire included all indicators that serve the survey
objective as well as the instructions. A workshop on field work had been
conducted in Training and Statistical Researches Centre /CSO applying sample
method for private sector cab in Iraq (except KR). (1000) cars from each
governorate are surveyed, the sample was extracted depending on the number of
passengers and load cabs by kind (saloon, station, agricultural, bus, pick-up, van,
shasi lorry, overhang and tanker). After questionnaires had been checked by the
mentioned directorate, they were sent on 30/1/2013 to the computer centre to be
entered and after that to be exported to the statistical analysis division to produce
the final outputs in SPSS application.
Work duration: The actual survey work started on August and lasted for 4 months
3-
Concepts and Definitions:
- Value of Gross Production: Revenues gained from operating cab cars
…etc).
- Intermediate Consumption: consists of the value of the goods and services
consumed as inputs by a process of production, excluding fixed assets
whose consumption is recorded as consumption of fixed capital; the goods
or services may be either transformed or totally for instance, electricity or
other like as services.
- Value added at producer price: is value of gross output (revenues) less
purchases and measure distribution of producer, activity or sector in GDP.
- Employment subsidies: represents the job revenue and includes wages,
monitory and in kind assistances paid for all workers for the services they
present.
- Operating surplus: is the residual remain from the value added to
employment subsidy cost and measure the addition or the shortage resulted
from the output.
4- Indicator calculation method:
Value added at producer price = output value at producer price – intermediate
consumption
Value added at basic price = value added at producer price – tax and fee
values
Net investment = Additions – withdrawals
Net stock of assets at the end of the year = net stock at the start of the year +
additions – withdrawals - depreciation
5- International standards and classifications:
Kinds of cars are classified in accordance with General Directorate of Traffic,
State Car Company, General Customs Commission and Central Statistical
Organization. Data of all kinds of cars are collected according to standards and
classifications adopted by National Accounts Directorate in CSO and Ministry
of Interior Affairs/ General Directorate of Traffic as well as the International
and Arab standards classifications that NAD adopt in calculating costs,
operating surplus and equipment.
6- Data availability:
- Geographic range of dissemination: All finished reports and surveys are
sent to the statistical directorates in all governorates beside the electronic
dissemination by Internet Division.
- Report periodicity: The survey was conducted for the first time in 1987
after that in 1990, 2000, 2006 and finally in 2012.
- Data availability form: PDF, Excel