Statistical Yearbook of Palestine 2011
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Palestinians in the Palestinian Territory
Occupied in 1948
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The total population of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948 at
the end of 2010 was 1,252,000 (excluding the residents of Occupied East Jerusalem
and the Golan Heights). They comprise 16.9% of the total population in the
Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948.
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The average size of a Palestinian household in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in
1948
was 4.37 persons.
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The total fertility rate for Palestinian women in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in
1948
during 2010 was 3.8 births.
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92.9%
of Palestinian households in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948 own
the housing unit they live in.
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41.6%
of Palestinian households live in housing units with an area of 120 – 159 m2,
7.7%
live in housing units with an area less than 80 m2, and 11.1% live in housing
units with an area exceeding 200 m2.
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The percentage of enrollment in education among 18 year olds and above was 7.6%:
7.2%
of males and 7.9% of females.
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94.2%
of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948 (15 years and
above) are literate.
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The dropout rate among the 15–17 age group was 5.4%: it decreases among females
to 2.2% and increases to 8.6% among males.
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The labor force participation rate among Palestinians in the Palestinian Territory
Occupied in 1948 over the age of 15 was 46.9% and the unemployment rate was
7.1%: 10.5%
among females and 5.6% among males.
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50.3%
of Palestinian households in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948
depend on wages and salaries as their main source of income: 21.6% from the
private sector, 15.9% from the private Arab sector, and 12.8% from the public
sector.
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82.6%
of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948 aged 10 years
and above reported that they had not read a book during the month prior to the
survey.
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14.8%
of Palestinians in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948 suffer from
chronic diseases: 15.5% of females and 14.1% of males.
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24.1%
of Palestinian households in the Palestinian Territory Occupied in 1948 are
exposed to a noise problem in their housing vicinity, dust is an environmental
problem for 16.2%, bad odours affect 19.1% of Palestinian households in their
housing area, and 10.1% of Palestinian households are exposed to a problem of
fumes in their home.
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