March 2008



Attitude about whether Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip or not * Region of residence Crosstabulation
% within Region of residence


Region of residence Total
West Bank Gaza Strip
Attitude about whether Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip or not Hamas should relinquish its control over the Gaza Strip 70.8% 74.6% 72.6%
Hamas should maintain the situaion as is 29.2% 25.4% 27.4%
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 1.215(b) 1 .270

Continuity Correction(a) 1.033 1 .309

Likelihood Ratio 1.218 1 .270

Fisher's Exact Test


.303 .155
Linear-by-Linear Association 1.213 1 .271

N of Valid Cases 686



a Computed only for a 2x2 table
b 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 87.42.