August 2007



Has the economic situation improved, worsened or remained the same since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip? * Poverty all Crosstabulation
% within Poverty all


Poverty all Total
Above the poverty ;level Below the poverty level
Has the economic situation improved, worsened or remained the same since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip? Worsened 80.0% 77.7% 79.3%
Improved 7.6% 9.6% 8.2%
Remained the same 12.4% 12.8% 12.5%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square .383(a) 2 .826
Likelihood Ratio .373 2 .830
Linear-by-Linear Association .099 1 .753
N of Valid Cases 319

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 7.66.