Individual engagement
in income-generating household activities

Table 2.57 Persons responsible for household production, by gender and main geographical area. Percentage of all adults in respective groups

	Male		Female
	Gaza	West Bank camps	Gaza	West Bank camps
Vegetables	1	1	1	1
Fruits	4	3	4	4
Herbs	2	3	2	3
Poultry	4	4	12	5
Animals	1	1	2	1
Fish	0
Food proc.	7	8	47	41
Crafts	2	5	7	17
Services	1	4	0	1
Mobile trade	2	4	1	1
Street trade	0	0	0	0
Household production excluding food processing	13	20	20	25
n	1744	903	1796	962

Table 2.58 Persons responsible for household production, by gender and refugee status. Percentage of all adults in respective groups

	Refugee status
	Gaza
	Non-refuge	Refugee outside camps	Refugee in camps	Refugee in West Bank camps	Non-registered refugee	Non-refugee in camps
Male
Active in food processing	6	6	10	8	3	7
Active in other household production	14	12	12	20	12	24
n	641	374	702	874	30	24
Female
Active in food processing	49	45	45	41	40	54
Active in other household production	23	17	19	25	13	37
n	627	383	764	937	28	19

Table 2.59 Persons responsible for household production, by gender and age. Percentage of all persons in respective groups

	15-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+
Gaza male
Active in food processing	5	11	6	8	7	4
Active in other household production	5	9	15	20	31	18
n	388	522	351	171	116	195
West Bank camps male
Active in food processing	3	8	9	15	15	7
Active in other household production	9	19	28	21	32	20
n	168	338	149	90	61	96
Gaza female
Active in food processing	13	40	68	71	65	43
Active in other household production	3	16	32	31	32	19
n	334	536	320	206	177	222
West Bank camps female
Active in food processing	14	32	59	74	65	45
Active in other household production	11	23	35	36	34	26
n	208	309	172	82	94	97

Table 2.60 Persons responsible for household production, by gender and labour-force status. Percentage of all adults in respective groups

	Male			Female
	Not in LF	In LF	Not in LF		In LF
Gaza
Active in food processing	7	7	46		49
Active other household production	8	18	19		31
n	918	826	1685		110
The West Bank refugee camps
Active in food processing	7	9	41		35
Active other household production	14	24	25		21
n	391	512	871		91

Table 2.61 Persons responsible for household production, by gender and employment situation. Percentage of all adults in respective groups

	Male			Female
	Employed want no more work	Not in LF, OK	Under-utilized	Employed want no more work	Not in LF, OK	Under-utilized
Gaza
Active in food processing	6	5	10	51	47	34
Active in other household production	20	9	12	38	19	15
n	421	595	729	71	1641	84
The West Bank refugee camps
Active in food processing	9	5	10	33	45	24
Active in other household production	24	16	21	17	26	25
n	190	266	447	48	763	151

Table 2.62 Household production among men who lost employment in Israel from 1992 to 1993, by main geographical area. Percentage of men in respective groups

	Gaza	West Bank camps
All males
Active in food processing	7	8
n	1744	903
Lost employment in Israel from 1992 to 1993
Active in food processing	11	8
n	146	94
All males
Active in other household production	13	20
n	1744	903
Lost employment in Israel from 1992 to 1993
Active in other household production	9	20
n	146	94

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