March 2008



Attitude about whether Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip or not * Poverty level Crosstabulation
% within Poverty level


Poverty level Total
Extremely poor Below the poverty level Above the poverty level
Attitude about whether Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip or not Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip 72.1% 69.4% 77.2% 73.8%
Hamas should maintain the situaion as is 27.9% 30.6% 22.8% 26.2%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 3.632(a) 2 .163
Likelihood Ratio 3.624 2 .163
Linear-by-Linear Association 1.962 1 .161
N of Valid Cases 580

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 31.97.