Syrian refugees in Jordan - Reevaluating responses to protracted displacement - Working Paper

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