First Section: Living Conditions

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

1.           How do you evaluate the economic conditions of your family?

 1) Very good

3.9

4.7

2.6

2) Good

12.2

14.0

9.1

3) Fair

36.4

36.2

36.6

4) Bad

29.2

29.0

29.5

5) Very Bad

18.3

16.1

22.1

2.         Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

1) Optimistic

30.6

27.6

35.5

2) In between

23.6

24.2

22.6

3) Pessimistic

45.6

47.8

41.8

4) Do not know

0.3

0.5

0.0

3.           Do you feel secure about the future of the coming generations?

1) Yes

47.3

39.2

61.0

2) To some extent

20.2

23.7

14.4

3) No

31.9

36.4

24.2

4) Don’t know/No opinion

0.6

0.7

0.3

4.      At the present time, do you feel safe/secure (about yourself, your family, and property)?

1) Yes

41.2

36.5

49.1

2) To some extent

18.1

18.6

17.2

3) No

36.4

39.5

31.2

4) Don’t know/No opinion

4.3

5.3

2.6

5.      Is there a working breadwinner for the family?

1) Yes, regular 

38.6

40.7

35.3

2) Irregular / Part time

44.6

54.8

27.6

3) No

16.7

4.6

37.2

6.      Do you feel that your family is going through a financial crisis?

1) Yes

64.1

61.1

69.1

2) To some extent

23.3

26.5

18.0

3) No

12.6

12.4

12.9

7.      Does your financial situation allow your family to cover the following expenses?

Food and nutritional needs

 1) Yes

40.3

44.6

33.1

2) To some extent

48.4

45.3

53.7

3) No

11.1

10.1

13.2

Health expenses

 1) Yes

26.2

29.6

20.5

2) To some extent

37.6

37.2

38.3

3) No

36.2

33.2

41.1

Transportation and communication expenses

 1) Yes

24.7

30.6

14.7

2) To some extent

36.9

37.5

35.7

3) No

33.4

27.8

42.9

4) Doesn’t apply

5.1

4.1

6.7

Educational expenses

1) Yes

22.5

25.4

17.7

2) To some extent

28.0

28.7

26.9

3) No

31.1

28.4

35.6

4) Doesn’t apply

18.4

17.6

19.8

Rent

1) Yes

4.4

6.2

1.3

2) To some extent

5.2

5.4

5.0

3) No

9.5

11.3

6.4

4) Doesn’t apply

80.9

77.1

87.3

8.      Compared with before the PLC elections of January 2006, do you feel that your family income has……

1) Improved?

1.6

1.6

1.7

2) Declined?

63.4

61.2

66.9

3) Stayed the same?

34.5

36.8

30.8

4) Don’t know.

0.4

0.4

0.6

9.      Compared with before the PLC elections of January 2006, do you feel more or less secure?

1) More secure

13.9

7.2

25.0

2) Less secure

40.6

40.8

40.3

3) No change

45.5

52.0

34.7

Second Section: Evaluation of Institutions

10.  How do you evaluate the performance of the following institutions in dealing with the ongoing crisis in the Palestinian Territories?

The Government

1) Good

25.6

22.5

30.9

2) Medium

23.0

22.6

23.6

3) Weak

43.1

44.8

40.4

4) No opinion

8.3

10.1

5.1

The Presidential Office

1) Good

23.1

21.5

25.7

2) Medium

24.0

23.5

24.8

3) Weak

46.2

45.8

46.7

4) No opinion

6.8

9.2

2.8

The PLC

1) Good

20.7

15.6

29.3

2) Medium

20.5

21.5

18.8

3) Weak

45.8

46.9

44.0

4) No opinion

12.9

15.9

8.0