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66 Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (2006-2007) Table 2.12: Illiteracy (%) in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria Age Group Lebanon Jordan Syria M F M F M F 15–19 26 15 5 2 12 9 20–24 23 18 6 4 11 8 25–29 23 22 6 5 9 8 30–34 26 28 4 6 8 14 35–39 23 29 4 12 9 16 40–44 16 41 8 30 11 22 45–49 21 50 11 49 10 29 50–54 25 71 12 63 12 43 55–59 34 87 18 82 14 62 60–64 53 93 38 89 28 84 65–69 65 98 50 98 45 89 70–74 – – 52 99 58 92 75+ – – 67 100 60 96 Sources: On the Margins: Migration and Living Conditions Among Palestinian Refugees in Camps in Jordan, FAFO: Institute for Applied Social Science, 2000; Difficult Past, Uncertain Future: Living Conditions Among Palestinian Refugees in Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon, FAFO: Institute for Applied Social Science, 2003; Statistical Yearbook of Palestine 4, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2003. Figures for Lebanon and Syria include camps and “gatherings” (defined as a community outside a camp with 25 or more households). In the former Palestinian territory, 93.6% of the refugees are literate (96.7% for males and 90.4% for females). 74 Literacy levels among Palestinian refugees are generally higher than for the Arab states as a group. 75 This is especially the case for refugee women. In Lebanon, however, there are high levels of non-literacy among refugees compared to the national population. There is little difference between refugee and non-refugee Palestinians in the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory. Palestinians in Israel have a literacy rate of 94.4%. However, this rate is lower in the south of the country (where it drops to 85.2%) and among females in general (91.3% compared to 97.3% for males). 76 Among persons classified as special hardship cases, 16.6% are illiterate, with the highest rates being in the West Bank (25%) and Syria (22%), and the lowest in the Gaza Strip (12%) and Lebanon (15%). 77 2.8 Health The health status of Palestinian refugees is in transition from a developing to a developed stage. The health of women and children has improved dramatically over the course of the last five decades. The best reported health outcomes are in the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory, Jordan and Syria. Armed conflict, ineffective protection, and insufficient assistance leave refugees in Lebanon the most vulnerable to health problems. Between 30,000 to 40,000 Palestinians were killed during the civil war and the Israeli invasion in Lebanon in 1982. During the first intifada in the OPT, more than 73,000 Palestinians were killed or injured, while the number of casualties and injured in the current intifada stands at 35,000. 78 Food insecurity and vulnerability are about 40% and 12% respectively among refugees in the OPT. 79 The refugee population living in camps has the least food security (45%), which also indicates that food insecurity is highest in the Gaza Strip. Food aid has become increasingly significant as a source of food as agricultural areas (Qalqilya, Tulkarem, and the Jordan Valley) are affected by closures and Israeli military and settler movement, as well as restrictions on access and trade. Around 42% of households affected by the Wall in the occupied West Bank are separated from health services
(hospitals and medical centres). Impeded access to medical care is particularly acute in the closed zones between the Wall and the Green Line, where 79% of families are separated from health centres and hospitals. 80 2.8.1 Women’s Health Palestinian refugee mothers demonstrate fairly good health indicators. Nearly all refugee women visit health centres during pregnancy, and most of them receive qualified birth assistance (see Chapter Three). Lebanon and Syria have lower levels of assisted births, especially among refugees outside camps in Syria. Maternal mortality rates are highest in Lebanon and lowest in Syria. Refugee women in camps also have good health indicators. Camp women in Jordan have higher rates of pre-natal care, but lower rates than in the occupied West Bank. There is no difference between maternal health care available to women inside or outside camps in the occupied Gaza Strip and in Syria. There is also no difference regarding access to assisted births between camp and non-camp refugee women, except in Jordan, where there is less delivery assistance available to women in camps. Table 2.13: Selected Health Indicators for Women Population Numbers, Distribution and Characteristics UNRWA Health Center, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. © UNRWA Archives. Maternal Mortality Rate (per 100,000 live births) % Receiving Prenatal Care % Deliveries Assisted West Bank Camp 112 90 98 West Bank Non-camp – 95 97 Gaza Strip Camp 81 99 98 Gaza Strip Non-camp – 99 99 Jordan Camp n.a. 95 87 Jordan Non-camp – 86 95 Lebanon Camp and Non-camp 239 95 83 Syria Camp and Non–camp 75 96 84 Source: Finding Means: UNRWA’s Financial Situation and the Living Conditions of Palestinian Refugees, Summary Report, FAFO: Institute for Applied Social Science, 2000. Figures for Lebanon and Syria include camps and “gatherings” (defined as a community outside a camp with 25 or more households). 67
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1948 - 2008: 60 Years of the Palest
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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Chapter Five: Politics and the Ques
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Executive Summary Palestinian refug
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Campaigns for boycott, divestment a
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6. Not to recognize the illegal sit
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Glossary Absentee A person who, at
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Jewish State A term used by Israel
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Refugee Office A sub-office establi
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From the Nakba to the Present Day -
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