March 2008



Attitude about whether Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip or not * Poverty all Crosstabulation
% within Poverty all


Poverty all Total
Below the poverty level Above the poverty level
Attitude about whether Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip or not Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip 70.5% 77.2% 73.8%
Hamas should maintain the situaion as is 29.5% 22.8% 26.2%
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 3.349(b) 1 .067

Continuity Correction(a) 3.013 1 .083

Likelihood Ratio 3.359 1 .067

Fisher's Exact Test


.073 .041
Linear-by-Linear Association 3.343 1 .067

N of Valid Cases 580



a Computed only for a 2x2 table
b 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 74.69.