Jerash also work inside the camp it seems that locational factors may exacerbate this phenomenon in Jerash. As we shall return to below, employment in the public sector, which ex-Gazans, as noncitizens, are generally barred from, is particularly important for the population of Jerash governorate. It is interesting, therefore, to observe that in the nearby Souf refugee camp, inhabited by citizen Palestinian refugees with access to public-sector jobs, merely 23% of the workforce — roughly half as many as in Jerash camp — are employed inside the camp borders. There is a significant gender imbalance with regard to location of work in Jerash camp, where a much higher proportion of women than men work within the camp, a feature which is not found for the other two population groups (Figure 26). This is all the more remarkable when considering that 15% of employed ex-Gaza women from Jerash camp are engaged in seasonal farm work outside the camp, while very few women elsewhere have such work. Nevertheless, as the graph shows, about one-half the proportion of women in Jerash as in the other two population groups work outside the camps. Per cent Figure 26 Location of work inside own camp. Percentage of the employed aged 15 and above by ex-Gaza status and gender (n= 41,277). 100 Males Females 80 60 40 20 0 Ex-Gazans, Jerash Other ex-Gazans Other Palestinian refugees Regularity of work An area where there is a marked difference in trends between ex-Gazans in Jerash and exGazans in other camps is in the likelihood of having a permanent job (Table 22). ExGazans in Jerash are the group least likely to have a permanent job once they are employed, with two thirds reporting permanent employment compared with about 84% and 86% of citizen Palestinian camp refugees and ex-Gazans in other camps, respectively. This gap is explained by the higher proportion of ex-Gazans in Jerash working in seasonal, temporary or irregular jobs, compared to the other two population groups. Table 22 Regularity of work by ex-Gaza status. Percentage of all employed aged 15 and above (n=41,282). Permanent Temporary Seasonal Irregular Total Ex-Gazans, Jerash 67 11 3 19 100 Other ex-Gazans 86 8 1 6 100 Other Palestinian refugees 84 9 1 7 100 The pattern is similar when we look at duration of employment (Table 23): employed exGazans in Jerash are two and a half times more likely to work as day-labourers (19%) than ex-Gazans in other camps and non-ex-Gazans. Moreover, only about 60% of (employed) ‘Just getting by’ Ex-Gazans in Jerash and other refugee camps in Jordan 67