Development Studies Programme - Birzeit University
         
 
Poll No. 19

An Opinion Poll Concerning Living Conditions, Emigration, the Palestinian Government, Security Conditions and Reform

[ Analysis of Results ] [ Detailed Results ] [ Sample Distribution ] [ PDF Format ] [ In Arabic ]

Detailed Results

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

Section One: Living Conditions

1.               At the present time, how do you evaluate your family's economic conditions?

1) Very good

3.0

2.3

4.1

2) Good

13.7

11.7

16.9

3) Fair

41.0

44.4

35.7

4) Bad

28.4

30.1

25.8

5) Very bad

13.8

11.5

17.4

2.              Monthly income per household (Israeli Sheqel 4.50 : 1 $ )

1) No Income

7.8

5.8

11.0

2) Less than 700

34.1

29.0

42.2

3) 700-1000

19.8

20.2

19.2

4) 1001-1700

16.0

15.7

16.4

5) 1701-2500

13.6

17.5

7.5

6) 2501-3000

4.0

5.3

1.8

7) More than 3000

4.7

6.5

1.9

3.              During the Intifada years, did any member of your household immigrate permanently?

1) Yes

4.9

6.1

3.1

2) No

95.1

93.9

96.9

4.              During the Intifada years, did any member of your household left the country for temporary work or education?

1) Yes

11.4

10.8

12.3

2) No

88.6

89.2

87.7

5.              If you had a chance to immigrate and live permanently outside of the country, would you do that?

1) Yes

18.1

16.3

21.1

2) No

81.9

83.8

78.9

6.              If you had a chance to travel and live temporarily outside of the country for work and education, would you do that?

1) Yes

37.2

33.7

42.8

2) No

62.8

66.3

57.2

Section Tow: Evaluation of Education

7.               Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the education system in Palestine ?

1) Satisfied  

51.8

50.0

54.5

2) Somewhat Satisfied

29.2

30.8

26.7

3) Not Satisfied

17.6

17.7

17.4

4) No opinion

1.5

1.5

1.4

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

8.              Is your family financially capable to secure proper education for its member?

1) Yes

41.2

41.8

40.3

2) No

54.7

52.9

57.6

3) No opinion

4.1

5.3

2.1

9.              Do you believe that the supervisory institutions of education (Ministry of Education, UNRWA, and Private schools) are delivering proper services?

1) Yes

58.1

57.6

58.8

2) No

35.7

35.3

36.4

3) No opinion

6.2

7.1

4.8

10.            Do you believe that the supervisory institutions of higher education (Universities and Colleges) are delivering proper services?

1) Yes

58.6

58.1

59.3

2) No

26.7

25.0

29.4

3) No opinion

14.8

17.0

11.2

11.            Are you familiar with the school educational curriculum? 

1) Yes

56.0

54.0

59.1

2) No

42.0

43.4

39.8

3) No opinion

2.0

2.7

1.0

12.            If yes, what is your evaluation of the curriculum?

1) Hood

49.0

52.0

44.2

2) Fair

31.5

28.6

36.1

3)  Weak

14.1

12.0

17.6

4) No opinion

5.4

7.4

2.1

13.            The regulation of Ministry of Education prohibit the use of corporal punishment in schools, do you support or oppose this prohibition?

1) support

71.5

72.0

70.7

2) oppose

27.0

26.2

28.3

3) No opinion

1.5

1.8

1.0

14.            Tell us if you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Education is a priority for my family

1) Agree

93.2

92.3

94.7

2) Agree to some extent

3.7

4.2

2.8

3) Disagree

2.9

3.2

2.5

4) No opinion

0.2

0.3

0.0

University education is too expensive

1) Agree

75.6

72.6

80.2

2) Agree to some extent

8.6

8.6

8.7

3) Disagree

7.5

7.4

7.6

4) No opinion

8.3

11.3

3.5

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

University Education is too expensive given my family’s resources

1) Agree

73.7

70.5

78.8

2) Agree to some extent

7.0

5.8

8.8

3) Disagree

9.0

9.4

8.2

4) No opinion

10.3

14.3

4.1

Education in Palestine is moving in the right direction

1) Agree

69.6

67.6

72.7

2) Agree to some extent

16.3

18.7

12.6

3) Disagree

11.0

10.3

12.1

4) No opinion

3.1

3.4

2.6

If I had the resources, I would send my kids to private schools

1) Agree

66.2

63.6

70.3

2) Agree to some extent

6.7

7.5

5.6

3) Disagree

23.3

23.0

23.8

4) No opinion

3.8

6.0

0.4

School Education is too expensive given my family’s resources 

1) Agree

61.8

61.3

62.5

2) Agree to some extent

12.5

11.7

13.9

3) Disagree

21.7

21.5

21.9

4) No opinion

4.0

5.5

1.7

I prefer to send my kids to universities outside of Palestine

1) agree

31.7

29.2

35.5

2) agree to some extent

9.5

9.0

10.4

3) disagree

53.7

54.1

53.0

4) No opinion

5.1

7.6

1.1

I prefer the education of boys over girls

1) Agree

16.7

12.6

23.2

2) Agree to some extent

5.2

6.7

2.7

3) Disagree

78.0

80.6

74.1

4) No opinion

0.1

0.1

0.0

Section three: Palestinian Government

15.             How do you evaluate the performance of Prime Minister Mr. Ahmad Queri’?

1) Good

19.5

16.4

24.3

2) Fair

24.1

25.5

21.7

3) Weak

40.1

39.8

40.6

4) No opinion

16.3

18.2

13.3

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

16.            How do you evaluate the performance of the present government?

1) Good

15.7

13.1

19.7

2) Fair

24.0

24.5

23.2

3) Weak

46.6

46.7

46.4

4) No opinion

13.8

15.7

10.7

17.            How do you evaluate the performance of the government in the following areas?

Improving services of government institutions

1) Good

13.1

12.4

14.3

2) Fair

22.1

20.7

24.4

3) Weak

53.9

53.5

54.4

4) No opinion

10.8

13.4

6.9

Resolving the problems facing political prisoners and securing their release

1) Good

12.1

9.9

15.7

2) Fair

14.3

13.9

14.9

3) Weak

67.3

68.3

65.8

4) No opinion

6.2

7.8

3.7

Supporting the judiciary

1) Good

11.4

8.2

16.4

2) Fair

17.8

16.7

19.5

3) Weak

58.0

59.8

55.2

4) No opinion

12.8

15.3

8.9

Reinforcing the rule of law

1) Good

10.9

7.8

15.9

2) Fair

18.0

16.4

20.4

3) Weak

63.7

67.0

58.4

4) No opinion

7.4

8.7

5.3

Improving economic conditions

1) Good

10.7

7.3

16.0

2) Fair

16.0

16.1

15.9

3) Weak

67.5

69.1

64.9

4) No opinion

5.9

7.5

3.2

Providing domestic security

1) Good

9.4

5.7

15.2

2) Fair

13.1

13.2

13.1

3) Weak

71.5

72.9

69.3

4) No opinion

6.0

8.2

2.5

Progressing in negotiations with Israel

1) Good

9.0

7.5

11.4

2) Fair

12.3

12.0

12.7

3) Weak

71.0

71.4

70.5

4) No opinion

7.7

9.1

5.4

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

Resisting the building of the separation wall

1) Good

7.9

5.9

11.0

2) Fair

12.4

12.9

11.7

3) Weak

73.6

73.7

73.4

4) No opinion

6.1

7.5

3.9

Fighting corruption

1) Good

6.8

4.7

10.0

2) Fair

13.4

13.3

13.6

3) Weak

68.8

68.6

69.0

4) No opinion

11.0

13.4

7.4

Getting the Israeli forces to withdraw from Palestinian cities

1) Good

6.2

4.5

8.8

2) Fair

9.4

10.9

7.0

3) Weak

78.5

77.5

80.1

4) No opinion

5.9

7.1

7.0

Reducing unemployment

1) Good

5.4

1.7

11.3

2) Fair

14.5

11.4

19.5

3) Weak

74.9

80.3

66.5

4) No opinion

5.1

6.7

2.7

Ridding society of illegal weapons

1) Good

5.3

4.4

6.7

2) Fair

11.2

10.5

12.2

3) Weak

71.4

69.4

74.6

4) No opinion

12.2

15.7

6.6

Easing Israeli closures

1) Good

5.3

4.0

7.4

2) Fair

8.8

8.3

9.4

3) Weak

80.5

81.2

79.4

4) No opinion

5.4

6.6

3.6

Holding accountable those involved in the (Egyptian cement) corruption scandal

1) Good

3.6

1.4

7.1

2) Fair

5.8

4.8

7.5

3) Weak

62.2

60.1

65.6

4) No opinion

28.3

33.8

19.7

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

18.            In your opinion, which priority is most important?

1) Improving economic conditions

34.9

33.4

37.4

2) Providing domestic security

17.6

18.5

16.3

3) Reducing unemployment

9.5

10.0

8.8

4) Resolving the problems facing political prisoners and securing their release

7.4

8.1

6.1

5) Fighting corruption

7.7

6.2

9.9

6) Getting the Israeli forces from Palestinian cities

6.9

6.0

8.4

7) Easing Israeli closures

4.2

6.1

1.3

8) Resisting the building of the separation wall

4.1

6.2

0.9

9) Reinforcing the rule of law

2.8

2.2

3.7

10) Ridding society of illegal weapons

1.8

1.0

3.1

11) Progressing in negotiations with Israel

1.1

0.9

1.6

12) Holding accountable those involved in the (Egyptian cement) corruption scandal

0.7

0.8

0.5

13)  Improving services of government institutions

0.9

0.3

1.8

14) Supporting for the judiciary

0.4

0.4

0.3

19.               Do you believe that the current cabinet has sufficient authority to resolve these problems?

1) Yes

18.5

17.5

20.1

2) To some extent

20.8

20.3

21.6

3)  No

55.3

56.2

53.8

4)  No opinion

5.4

6.0

4.4

20.            Do you feel that there is a need to change the current ministerial cabinet ?

1) Yes

70.9

70.8

71.1

2) No

18.9

18.0

20.3

3)  No opinion 

10.2

11.2

8.6

21.            Do you think that the PNA is doing enough to get rid of corruption?

1) Yes

23.1

22.5

24.0

2) No

67.8

66.6

69.6

3)  No opinion

9.2

10.9

6.4

Section Four: Calls for Reform

22.            Do you support calls for “reform” as expressed by leading PNA personalities especially in Gaza?

1) Yes

72.3

67.6

79.7

2) No

20.5

22.8

16.8

3)  No opinion

7.2

9.6

3.5

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

23.            Do you believe that these personalities are serious about reform?

1) Yes

38.2

35.4

42.6

2) No

40.1

40.5

39.4

3)  No opinion

21.8

24.2

18.0

24.            What do you think is the motive behind these calls? 

1) Public interest

27.4

27.2

27.8

2) Personal interest

57.0

54.5

61.0

3)  No opinion,

15.5

18.3

11.2

25.            Do you believe that the PNA is serious about reform ?

1) Yes

36.6

36.5

36.6

2) No

52.4

50.5

55.3

3)  I don’t know

11.1

12.9

8.1

26.            Do you believe that the use of these methods to achieve reform within the PNA is acceptable or unacceptable?

Organize peaceful marches

1) Acceptable

89.6

89.9

89.1

2) Unacceptable

8.6

8.2

9.3

3)  No opinion

1.8

1.9

1.6

Organize militant marches

1) Acceptable

17.9

17.7

18.3

2) Unacceptable

77.2

78.7

74.9

3)  No opinion

4.9

3.6

6.8

Occupy PNA buildings

1) Acceptable

14.5

11.5

19.2

2) Unacceptable

79.7

83.1

74.3

3)  No opinion

5.8

5.3

6.5

Kidnap Palestinians close to the PNA leadership

1) acceptable

13.6

9.4

20.3

2) unacceptable

81.5

86.0

74.3

3)  no opinion

4.9

4.6

5.4

Kidnap Internationals residing in PNA territories  

1) Acceptable

10.6

7.5

15.4

2) Unacceptable

84.8

87.9

79.9

3)  No opinion

4.7

4.6

4.7

27.            Do you believe that the events related to calls for reform are leading to internal fighting?

1) Yes

68.3

69.2

66.8

2) No

27.2

26.1

29.1

3)  No opinion

4.5

4.7

4.2

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

28.            In his speech for the PLC (August 18, 2004), president Arafat promised to carryout comprehensive reform at all levels, do you think that the President is serious about these promises?

1) Yes

40.1

39.3

41.3

2) To some extent

26.6

28.3

23.8

3)  No

27.5

25.9

30.1

4) No opinion

5.8

6.5

4.8

Section Five : Peace Process

29.            Do you support or oppose return to the negotiations with Israel ?

1) Support

62.6

63.3

61.5

2) Oppose

33.7

32.9

34.9

3)  No opinion

3.8

3.9

3.6

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