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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Main Authors:	Hanmer, Lucia, Arango, Diana J., Rubiano, Eliana, Santamaria, Julieth, Viollaz, Mariana
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	REFUGEES GENDER POVERTY HOUSEHOLD POVERTY VULNERABILITY
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

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spelling	okr-10986-305862021-12-27T12:23:18Z How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan Hanmer, Lucia Arango, Diana J. Rubiano, Eliana Santamaria, Julieth Viollaz, Mariana REFUGEES GENDER POVERTY HOUSEHOLD POVERTY VULNERABILITY 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. 2018-10-22T21:22:40Z 2018-10-22T21:22:40Z 2018-10 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8616 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Jordan Syrian Arab Republic
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spellingShingle	REFUGEES GENDER POVERTY HOUSEHOLD POVERTY VULNERABILITY Hanmer, Lucia Arango, Diana J. Rubiano, Eliana Santamaria, Julieth Viollaz, Mariana How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
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description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Hanmer, Lucia Arango, Diana J. Rubiano, Eliana Santamaria, Julieth Viollaz, Mariana
author_facet	Hanmer, Lucia Arango, Diana J. Rubiano, Eliana Santamaria, Julieth Viollaz, Mariana
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title	How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
title_short	How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
title_full	How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
title_fullStr	How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed	How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan
title_sort	how does poverty differ among refugees? taking a gender lens to the data on syrian refugees in jordan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	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
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