The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges

Proceedings “The Palestinian Economy: Theoretical and Practical Challenges” 325
Table 2: Sample descriptive statistics
Total Sample Working
Non School Non-School
Working Participants Participants
All (%) 100 3.6 96.4 97.6 2.4
Child’s characteristics (%)
Age (%)
10-12 years 62.2 36.1 63.1 63.0 229.2
13-14 years 37.8 63.9 36.9 37.0 70.8
Father’s characteristics (%)
Education
No education 3.3 5.1 3.2 3.1 9.4
1 to 4 years 6.9 9.1 6.9 6.8 14.1
5 to 8 years 33.1 34.6 33.1 32.9 43.6
9 to 12 years 37.1 34.5 37.2 37.4 24.2
More than 12 years 19.6 16.6 19.7 19.9 8.7
Employment status
Unemployed 24.6 9.2 25.2 24.5 31.9
Self employed 39.0 64.8 38.0 38.9 41.9
Wage earner 36.4 26.1 36.8 36.7 26.1
Mother’s characteristics (%)
Education
No education 8.5 12.9 8.3 8.2 19.5
1 to 4 years 9.3 12.3 9.2 9.1 17.5
5 to 8 years 35.1 37.0 35.0 35.1 34.9
9 to 12 years 37.8 32.0 38.1 38.2 25.0
More than 12 years 9.2 5.8 9.4 9.4 3.1
Employment status
Unemployed 78.0 37.3 79.5 78.0 77.9
Employed 22.0 62.7 20.5 22.0 22.1
Household’s characteristics
Number of children: 10-14
years
2.2 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.3
Number of children: 15-17 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
years
Number of unemployed adults 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5
Size 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.8
District (%)
Jenin 9.7 12.0 9.6 9.7 7.9
Tubas 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.7
Tulkarm 6.5 7.7 6.4 6.6 3.9
Nablus 10.8 18.3 10.6 10.8 11.7
Qalqilya 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.4 4.6
Salfit 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.2
Ramallah 11.5 5.5 11.7 11.5 11.8
Jericho 3.4 2.5 3.5 3.4 4.9
Jerusalem Est 9.2 2.2 9.4 9.2 8.8
Bethlehem 9.5 1.9 9.8 9.6 7.6
Hebron 25.1 34.9 24.7 24.9 30.0