December 2007



Purpose of the pledges to the Palestinians * Poverty all Crosstabulation
% within Poverty all


Poverty all Total
Below the poverty level Above the poverty level
Purpose of the pledges to the Palestinians To help build a Palestinian state 57.2% 49.2% 53.1%
To weaken Hamas 42.8% 50.8% 46.9%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 5.291(b) 1 .021

Continuity Correction(a) 4.973 1 .026

Likelihood Ratio 5.298 1 .021

Fisher's Exact Test


.025 .013
Linear-by-Linear Association 5.284 1 .022

N of Valid Cases 814



a Computed only for a 2x2 table
b 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 185.37.