January 2008



Reason for wanting to leave the Gaza Strip * Gender Crosstabulation
% within Gender


Gender Total
Male Female
Reason for wanting to leave the Gaza Strip Medical treatment 24.0% 18.8% 21.6%
Education 29.3% 21.9% 25.9%
Trade 6.7% 1.6% 4.3%
Visit relatives 4.0% 9.4% 6.5%
To emmigrate 8.0% 17.2% 12.2%
For safety reasond 10.7% 12.5% 11.5%
Employment 17.3% 18.8% 18.0%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 7.330(a) 6 .291
Likelihood Ratio 7.592 6 .270
Linear-by-Linear Association 1.871 1 .171
N of Valid Cases 139

a 4 cells (28.6%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 2.76.