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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

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