Camps are not, however, the Through the PDUW analytic framework on wellbeing choice of the majority of the world’s displaced people: and displaced economies, we compare the outcomes estimates suggest that more than 60% of refugees of protracted displacement for Syrian refugees in two and at least half of internally displaced persons (IDPs) locations: the Sweileh district of Amman and Zaatari now l. [...] Jordan’s national in trade and investment, to boost employment and response to the arrival of Syrian refugees has shifted accommodate the participation of Syrians in the labour several times over the course of the war in Syria and market and enhance their abilities to secure a better its resulting displacements. [...] Furthermore, it presents one of the starkest examples of the limits the mismatch between Syrian refugee skills and the and costs of continued camp-based prioritisation formal employment available, low wages, and harsh and programming. [...] In our qualitative high levels of debt in both samples (75% of respondents interviews, interviewees explained how the higher costs in Zaatari compared to 84% in Sweileh), respondents in the city are the biggest obstacle facing displaced in Sweileh are more likely to be concerned about the people when deciding whether to leave the camp: amount of debt accumulated (differences are statistically Reme. [...] This is due to the nature of transport in the the enforcement of laws can also vary between the camp, as well as Sweileh’s geography (steep hills) camp and the city.
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Table of Contents
- notes 61
- List of figures and tables 4
- Acronyms 5
- Summary 6
- 1 Introduction 8
- 1.1 About the research project 8
- 1.2 The displacement context in Jordan 8
- 1.3 Jordan’s response to the Syrian displacement since 2011 9
- 1.4 Syrian refugees in Jordan 11
- 1.5 The project’s datasets 12
- 1.6 The project’s study sites 14
- 2 Project findings: refugee wellbeing 16
- 2.1 Bodily wellbeing 17
- 2.2 Economic wellbeing 20
- 2.3 Political wellbeing 23
- 2.4 Social wellbeing 25
- 2.5 Psychosocial wellbeing 27
- 3 Syrian refugee wellbeing in Jordan: summary of main findings 31
- 4 Project findings: displacement economies, livelihoods and enterprise 34
- 4.1 Refugee livelihoods assets and outcomes 36
- 4.2 Refugee enterprises: assets and strategies 41
- 5 Syrian displacement economies in Jordan: main findings 47
- 6 Conclusion 49
- References 52
- Annexes 56
- Annex 1. Survey components of wellbeing domains 56
- Annex 2. Gender distribution of wellbeing scores by domain 58
- Annex 3. Refugee Livelihoods Assets Indicator survey components 60
- Related reading 61
- Table 1. Indicators and dimensions used in the wellbeing metric 17
- Table 2. Qualitative interviews sample for displacement enterprises 35
- Figure 1. Age distribution of survey respondents 13
- Figure 2. Proportion of women-headed households 13
- Figure 3. Education levels of survey respondents 14
- Figure 4. Distribution of bodily wellbeing scores 18
- Figure 5. Perception of quality of healthcare available to respondents by location and gender 18
- Figure 6. Perceptions of safety of neighbourhood among survey respondents by location and gender 19
- Figure 7. Distribution of economic wellbeing scores 20
- Figures 8. Perceptions of best place to find work 22
- Figures 9. Perceptions of best place to lead a better life 22
- Figure 10. Average number of income earners before and after COVID-19 among refugees and hosts 23
- Figure 11. Distribution of political wellbeing scores 24
- Figure 12. Distribution of social wellbeing scores 25
- Figure 13. Levels of satisfaction with ability to pursue leisure activities 26
- Figure 14. Distribution of psychological wellbeing scores 28
- Figure 15. Levels of perceived independence 28
- Figure 16. Warwick-Edinburgh (7-item) Mental Wellbeing Scale scores 29
- Figure 17. Displacement economies framework 35
- Figure 18. Distribution of livelihoods assets scores 36
- Figure 19. Ability to legally open a business 37
- Figure 20. Income from work by respondent 37
- Figure 21. Household’s main source of income (multiple response question) 38
- Figure 22. Work sectors by migration status 39
- Figure 23. Distribution of livelihoods outcomes scores 39
- Figure 24. Working conditions 40
- Figure 25. Satisfaction with primary work 40
- Figure 26. Work contracts 41