Household main income activity * Region Crosstabulation
% within Region


Region Total
West Bank Gaza Strip
Household main income activity Fishing .1% 3.3% 1.5%
Petty trade (such as street vendor) 3.3% 7.8% 5.2%
Sale of crops/vegetables grown by HH .6% 1.0% .8%
Sale of prepared foods .3% 2.5% 1.3%
Work on land owned by household 6.7% 3.7% 5.4%
Agricultural wage labor 5.2% 1.4% 3.5%
Skilled work (carpentry, blacksmith, etc.) 5.0% 4.7% 4.9%
Regular wage (non-government) 3.0% 1.6% 2.4%
Regular wage (government employee) 3.3% 3.5% 3.4%
Selling wood chops .3% .4% .3%
Small business 2.2% 3.3% 2.7%
Handicrafts 2.7% 4.9% 3.6%
Borrowing 4.0% 1.8% 3.0%
Casual work - Israel 11.9% .8% 7.1%
Casual work - Settlement 1.6% .6% 1.2%
Casual work - oPt 15.7% 1.8% 9.7%
Livestock (trading/rearing) 1.6% .6% 1.2%
Sale of livestock products .1% 1.2% .6%
Remittances 4.9% 3.3% 4.2%
MSA Assistance 15.0% 37.0% 24.5%
UNRWA Assistance .7% .6% .7%
Charity / NGO Assistance 6.4% 12.5% 9.0%
Emergency Employment .1% 1.8% .8%
Other 4.9% .4% 2.9%
More than one of the above .4%
.3%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 295.109(a) 24 .000
Likelihood Ratio 335.666 24 .000
Linear-by-Linear Association 1.056 1 .304
N of Valid Cases 1189

a 10 cells (20.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.30.