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Population Housing and Establishment Census 1997

West Bank and Gaza, 1997
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Refugee Status (c45)

Data file: census1997-e

Overview

Valid: 519394
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Refugee
Status
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 646
0.1%
1 Refugee 206649
39.8%
2 Not Refugee 7897
1.5%
3 301127
58%
9 Not Stated 3075
0.6%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
Refugee status:

This status relates to the Palestinians who were forced to leave their land in the Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel in 1948. It applies to their male sons and grandchildren. Every Palestinian falls under one of the following categories:

Registered Refugees: It applies to registered refugees holding refugee registration cards issued by UNRWA.

Non-Registered Refugees: It applies to unregistered refugees who do not hold refugee registration cards issued by UNRWA.

3. Non-Refugee: It applies to any Palestinian not categorized under any of the two aforementioned statuses.
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