How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Data collected for refugee registration and to target humanitarian assistance include information about household composition and demographics that can be used to identify gender-based vulnerabilities. This paper combines the microdata collected by...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/374541539781178899/How-Does-Poverty-Differ-Among-Refugees-Taking-a-Gender-Lens-to-the-Data-on-Syrian-Refugees-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30586 |
| Summary: | Data collected for refugee registration
and to target humanitarian assistance include information
about household composition and demographics that can be
used to identify gender-based vulnerabilities. This paper
combines the microdata collected by United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees to register refugees with data
from its Home Visit surveys to analyze income poverty rates
among refugees with a gender lens. It finds distinguishing
between different types of male and female principal
applicant (PA) households is important in the setting of
Syrian refugees in Jordan. Poverty rates for couples with
children do not differ by gender of the PA but for other
household types poverty rates are higher for those with
female PAs. Households formed because of the unpredictable
dynamics of forced displacement, such as sibling households,
unaccompanied children, and single caregivers, are extremely
vulnerable, especially if the principal applicant is a woman
or a girl. |
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