"Discouraged workers"

Table 2.18, Discouraged workers, by gender and main geographical area. Percentage of adults in respective groups who are outside the labour force

	Male		Female		FALCOT 92 OT Male and female
	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Discouraged workers	38	36	3	13	4
Other outside LF	62	64	97	87	96
n	815	348	1592	827	1315

Table 2.19 Persons outside the labour force who do not want to start working, by gender and main geographical area: reasons cited. Percentage of adults in respective groups who are outside the labour force and not discouraged workers

	Male		Female
	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps	Total
Housewife	3	2	80	63	56
Old/ill	42	44	9	17	20
Student	53	48	10	15	22
Live from pensions etc.	0	1	0	0	0
Other reasons	2	4	0	5	2
n	591	266	1637	763	3258

Table 2.20 Discouraged workers, reasons for not working or seeking jobs, by gender and main geographical area. Percentage of adult ÷discouraged workers in respective groups

	Male			Female
	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza		West Bank camps
Given up hope for work	7	6	55		9
No work for my training	4	9	41		31
Security/no permission	89	85	4		61
n	307	124	41		107

Table 2.21 Discouraged workers, by main geographical area, gender and age. Percentage of persons in respective groups who are outside the labour force

	15-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Gaza
Male	12	73	76	53	18	0
n	328	209	106	47	56	69
Female	0	6	2	2	0	0
n	324	498	296	187	165	121
West Bank refugee camps
Male	17	56	61	65	24	4
n	130	128	20	20	20	30
Female	15	21	11	4	1	2
n	195	270	150	76	89	47

Table 2.22 Discouraged workers, by main geographical area, gender and education. Percentage of adults in respective groups who are outside the labour force

	Years of education
	0	1-6	7-9	10-12	13+	Student
Gaza
Male	14	52	68	76	84	1
n	76	130	111	147	46	30
Female	0	0	0	2	45	0
n	360	210	330	452	71	168
West Bank refugee camps
Male	12	35	67	82	63	2
n	26	57	73	49	16	127
Female	2	9	18	20	40	5
n	148	157	209	151	43	119

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