March 2007



Has Hamas maintained its pre-election strategy or has its strategy become more reasonable or more extreme? * Age. Crosstabulation
% within Age.


Age. Total
18-24 yrs. old 25-34 yrs. old 35-44 yrs. old 45-54 yrs. old Over 55 yrs. old
Has Hamas maintained its pre-election strategy or has its strategy become more reasonable or more extreme? Its strategy has remained the same 23.1% 27.5% 22.3% 15.7% 23.9% 22.8%
Its strategy became more reasonable 35.3% 45.5% 58.4% 68.7% 65.7% 52.3%
Its strategy became more extreme 41.7% 26.9% 19.3% 15.7% 10.4% 24.9%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 53.398(a) 8 .000
Likelihood Ratio 53.423 8 .000
Linear-by-Linear Association 9.430 1 .002
N of Valid Cases 671

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 15.28.