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Low
Lower medium
Upper medium
High
AMENITlES (Number of)
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10 Central Bureau of Statistics of Norway: Social Survey 1989, Oslo/Kongsvinger
1989, pp. 17-20.
11 øyen, E 1983 (ed.); Sosiologi og ulikhet. Universitetsforlaget, Bergen, pp. 16-
18. Norges Offentlige Utredninger 1979:51 (NOU) Levekårsundersøkelsen, Oslo.
12 A factor analysis demonstrates that the four elements empirically speaking
constituteonesingledimension. (Theeigenvalue is 1 .97,explaining49%ofthetotal
variance).
13 The final distribution will thus rellect the categorization of good and bad
situations presented in table 8.1. Numerous categorizations have, however, been
tested during the development of the index, and it is our impression that the index
is quite rugged.
14 International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. The Macmillan Company &
the Free press, New York 1968, Stratification, social p. 295.
15 The socioeconomic index is here regrouped into the four status categories. The
categorization is as follows, transforming old scores into new: 4-6 = Low, 7-9 =
Lower middle, 10-12 = Upper middle, 13-16 = High. Please be aware ofthe general
arbitrariness of age categorizations.
16 Se chapter 6 on household economy.
17 The distribution along each indicator over the different regions show the
following mean scores (each indicator ranges from I to 4)
Education Occupation Consurner Housing Total score
d!lrobles
Arab Jerusalem 2,7 2,1 3,1 2,9 10,8
W.B towns 2,8 2,3 2,4 2,5 10,0
Goza City 2,4 2,1 1,9 2,3 8,7
Goza villages 2,7 2,1 1,8 2,2 8,7
W.B. villages 2,6 2,1 1,8 2,1 8,6
W.B camps 2,5 2,3 1,9 \ ,9 8,6
Goza camps 2,3 1,9 1,4 1,6 7,3
Eta .16 .13 .46 .32 .36
18 Migdal J, Palestinian Society and Polities, Princeton University Press, Princeton
1986. Glavanis 1990. Ibid.
19 The consurner durables indicator measures more or less the same phenomenon
as the indicator of economic wealth, as describcd in chapter 6, on household
economy. The covariation between them is very high (Pearson's r=.73).
20 The MultipleClassification Analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique of analysis
for examining interrelationships between a set of independent (predictor) variables
and a dependent variable within the context ofan additive model. lt provides us with
three vital piecesofinformation. The eta statistic indicates the strength of covariation
between the economic wealth indicator and each of the various background
characteristics, considered individually. The beta statistic indicates the effect of
each background indicator when we simultaneously take the effect of the other
background characteristics into consideration. The R2 statistic tells us to whatdegree
variations in economic wealth are determined (explained by) the entire set of
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