The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges
The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges
The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges
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Proceedings “<strong>The</strong> <strong>Palestinian</strong> <strong>Economy</strong>: <strong>The</strong>oretical <strong>and</strong> <strong>Practical</strong> <strong>Challenges</strong>” 409<br />
Locality type<br />
Urban -.070 .009 .933 55.866 .000<br />
Rural -.010 .011 .990 .830 .362<br />
Camp 0(b) . . . .<br />
Region<br />
West bank -.109 .018 .897 38.498 .000<br />
Gaza strip 0(b) . . . .<br />
Marital status<br />
Never married .605 .031 1.831 388.734 .000<br />
Ever married .058 .030 1.060 3.790 .052<br />
Other 0(b) . . . .<br />
Activity<br />
Agriculture -2.003 .011 .135 30622.613 .000<br />
Manufacturing -1.945 .011 .143 28963.980 .000<br />
Construction -.874 .009 .417 9695.884 .000<br />
Commerce-hotels <strong>and</strong><br />
restaurant<br />
-2.862 .013 .057 46564.750 .000<br />
Transport, storage <strong>and</strong><br />
communication<br />
-2.568 .022 .077 14052.905 .000<br />
Services 0(b) . . . .<br />
a. <strong>The</strong> reference category is: Full Employment.<br />
b. This parameter is set to zero because it is redundant.<br />
5.2. West Bank model results:<br />
Table 6: Pseudo R-Square (a)<br />
Cox <strong>and</strong> Snell<br />
Nagelkerke<br />
McFadden<br />
.276<br />
.347<br />
.203<br />
<strong>The</strong> pseudo R-square measures confound goodness of fit <strong>and</strong> explanatory power of<br />
the model.<br />
Table 7: Model Fitting Information (a)<br />
Model -2 Log Likelihood Chi-Square df Sig.<br />
Intercept Only 466093.379<br />
Final 292366.246 173727.133 62 .000