Table 16 Educational attainment of individuals aged 25-44 by ex-Gaza status and gender. Percentage (n=51,611). Did not complete any Elemen- Preparatory/ schooling tary Basic Secondary Ex-Gazans, Men Jerash Women camp Other exGazans Postsecondary education Total n 10 15 50 10 15 100 1,608 12 14 37 14 23 100 1,381 All 11 15 44 12 19 100 2,989 Men 11 18 44 13 15 100 2,100 Women 11 14 39 20 17 100 1,450 All 11 17 42 16 16 100 3,550 9 16 46 13 16 100 22,875 8 14 39 17 22 100 22,197 8 15 42 15 19 100 45,072 9 15 42 15 19 100 51,611 Other Men Palestinian Women refugees All All Illiteracy Illiteracy rates are slightly above average amongst ex-Gazans in Jerash camp: 10% of all individuals aged ten and above are illiterate (cannot read or write 70) compared to 8% and 9% of ex-Gazans outside Jerash and non-ex-Gazans, respectively (Table 17). However, the low illiteracy rate amongst ex-Gazans outside Jerash is in large part due to the unusually high literacy rates in Hitteen, which is home to over half of the camp ex-Gazans outside Jerash (Table 18): only 6% of ex-Gazans in Hitteen report illiteracy (a lower rate even than other Palestinian refugees in Hitteen, of whom 8% report being unable to read or write). Table 17 Literacy of individuals aged ten and above by ex-Gaza status and gender. Percentage (n=142,466). Ex-Gazans, Jerash camp Other ex-Gazans Other Palestinian refugees Read and write easily Read or write with difficulty Male 87 7 6 100 4,637 Female 83 4 14 100 4,401 All 85 5 10 100 9,038 Male 88 6 7 100 5,286 Female 85 5 10 100 4,278 All 87 5 8 100 9,564 Male 89 6 6 100 62,304 Female 84 5 11 100 61,538 All 86 5 9 100 123,842 88 6 6 100 72,232 84 5 11 100 70,234 86 5 9 100 142,466 All camp refugees aged 10 Male and above Female All Cannot read or write Total n The survey employed a functional definition of illiteracy: those refugees who reported that they could not read or write, even with difficulty, are classed as illiterate. 70 Fafo Report 2019:34 52