the report. Throughout Part 3 we attempt to give voice to ex-Gazans in Jerash themselves, making extensive use of direct quotes from interviews. Methodology Data sources The report relies on several data sources, including survey data gathered in 2011 by the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research (Fafo) in collaboration with Jordan’s Department of Statistics (DoS) 3. The situation for ex-Gazans in Jordan has changed in some important ways since 2011, and we detail these changes alongside the relevant findings throughout this report; however, the 2011 datasets offer us a rich insight into the lives of ex-Gazans living in camps, and there is no comparable more recent dataset. The 2011 surveys consist of: (i) A comprehensive survey covering the entire population of the 13 Palestinian refugee camps (approx. 40,000 Palestinian refugee households, 197,642 Palestinian refugees). (ii) A more extensive, second socio-economic survey of a representative sample of inside-camp Palestinian refugee households (approx. 4,000 Palestinian refugee households, 20,000 Palestinian refugees). The sample was based on the results of the comprehensive survey. A Palestinian refugee household is defined as any household with at least one member who is a Palestinian refugee. All non-refugee households living inside camps, be they Jordanian or of other nationality, are excluded. Individual non-refugees within Palestinian refugee households are also excluded when reporting on individual (not household level) characteristics for Palestinian refugees. Additionally, the analysis draws on: (iii) (iv) In-depth interviews with thirty-eight individuals4 and eight group interviews (incorporating an additional 55 persons) conducted between October 2015 and March 2016 with residents of Jerash and Hitteen 5 camps, as well as a few exGazans living outside camps. We also draw on 20 interviews with key information holders, including representatives of community-based organisations, legal and independent experts, government officials and UNRWA staff, conducted in the periods October to March 2016, and November 2017 to February 2018. Data collected through the quarterly Employment and Unemployment Surveys for the years 2010 to 2013 and the 1st quarter of 2014, conducted by DoS. The comprehensive survey (i) of the 13 Palestinian refugee camps surveyed all households listed within the ‘official’ or ‘historical’ boundaries of the camps6 and used a questionnaire focusing on basic information about housing and infrastructure, household income For further details on methodology, see Tiltnes & Zhang (2013). Two interviews in Jerash camp and one interview in Hitteen camp were double interviews in which two interviewees participated. Follow-up interviews were conducted with one interviewee in Jerash camp as well as with eight of the key information holders. 5 Hitteen camp is labelled Marka camp by UNRWA and known locally as Schneller. 6 The survey does therefore not include refugees residing in the natural extension of camps that has occurred beyond the historical borders. Counting only refugees living within these historical boundaries at the time of the survey, the numbers are also lower than UNRWA’s registered refugee numbers. See Tiltnes & Zhang (2013, pp. 22–25) for further discussion. 3 4 Fafo Report 2019:34 14