February 2007



Main issue that makes you feel concerned. * Poverty level. Crosstabulation
% within Poverty level.


Poverty level. Total
Hardship cases Below the poverty line Above the poverty line
Main issue that makes you feel concerned. Economic hardship of my household 23.4% 19.0% 15.5% 19.2%
Absence of security for me and my family 26.8% 32.0% 33.2% 30.8%
The internal power struggle 27.7% 30.3% 29.8% 29.3%
Hamas in power 2.6% .9% 2.3% 1.9%
Fateh in opposition

.8% .3%
The Israeli occupation in general 3.8% 6.1% 3.8% 4.5%
Family problems 3.4% 1.7% 1.9% 2.3%
I have no concern 12.3% 10.0% 12.8% 11.8%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 16.255(a) 14 .298
Likelihood Ratio 16.954 14 .259
Linear-by-Linear Association .143 1 .706
N of Valid Cases 731

a 5 cells (20.8%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .63.