Nearly one in three and over one in ten ex-Gazans with post-secondary degrees across all
camps work with UNRWA, whereas only 5% of citizen Palestinian refugees do. In contrast,
for non-ex-Gaza refugees, increasing education is associated with enhanced likelihood of
having a public-sector job and reaches as many as 41% of all employed individuals who
have completed tertiary education.
Table 26 Percentage of employed individuals aged 15 and above employed by UNRWA and the government by exGaza status and educational attainment (n=41,271)
UNRWA
Government
sector
No completed
schooling
Elementary
Preparatory/
Basic
Secondary
Postsecondary
Ex-Gazans, Jerash
1
2
2
5
31
Other ex-Gazans
1
1
2
3
13
Other Palestinian
refugees
1
1
1
2
5
Ex-Gazans, Jerash
5
3
2
1
5
Other ex-Gazans
1
4
2
3
4
Other Palestinian
refugees
11
12
14
19
41
Work hours
The three groups of Palestinian refugees report working roughly the same number of
hours every week, with mean and median hours around 50 (Table 27), although in line
with the general picture of ex-Gazans outside Jerash pursuing ‘compensatory’ employment, this group appears to work slightly longer hours by both measures.
Table 27 Percentage of all employed aged 15 and above by grouped as well as mean and median weekly (usual)
work hours in main job (n=3,939).
Ex-Gazans, Jerash
Other ex-Gazans
Other Palestinian refugees
1-29 hrs
6
3
4
30-39 hrs
10
11
15
40-44 hrs
17
14
13
45-49 hrs
20
23
24
50-59 hrs
18
15
15
60-69 hrs
17
17
14
70+ hrs
12
19
15
Total
100
100
100
Mean hrs
50
53
51
Median hrs
48
49
48
n
242
350
3,347
Pay and non-pay benefits
Individual employment income is similar for all three population groups. Yet the statistics
displayed in Figure 28 suggest that ex-Gazans from Jerash camp earn less than both other
groups (the median income is lower), but also that ex-Gazans outside Jerash camp earn
less than other Palestinians (the mean income is slightly lower). However, although the
‘Just getting by’
Ex-Gazans in Jerash and other refugee camps in Jordan
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