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IDENTIFIED REFUGEE HOUSEHOLD PRIORITIES BY YEAR

PRIMARY SOURCES OF REFUGEE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN MONTH

90%

Work

80%

9%

Rent

70%

40%

Own business/ home-based activity

Food

60%

Cash

50%

Health

40%

Shelter

Assistance from family in Syria

33%

Assistance from family abroad

Work

30%

Clothes

20% 79% 57% 56% 45% 29% 23% 23% 19% 13%

10%

80% 74% 73% 36% 40% 30% 5% 25% 25%

Education 0%

Assistance from neighbors

5% 4%

Items for Children

4%

2%

3%

Assistance from local or international organizations

2016 assessment

2015 assessment

*While findings may change somewhat monthly, they reflect a considerable decline in income from work/home industry

REFUGEE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS THAT DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT HOME

Other

SITUATION BETWEEN REFUGEES, JORDANIANS ACCORDING TO SYRIANS

100 90

87.9

86

80

73.9

72

70 60 50

58.6

56.1

28

26.1

14

20

12.1

10

Feels safe Does not feel safe

0 Adult Men

Amman

Improved

17.1%

13.1%

20.6%

20.6%

18.0%

Stayed the same

52.8%

60.9%

69.4%

67.0%

62.4%

Deteriorated

30.1%

26.0%

10.0%

12.4%

19.6%

Irbid

Mafraq

Total

43.9

41.4

40 30

Situation in neighborhood

Zarqa, including Azraq town

Adult Women

Boys (below age 18)

Girls (below age 18)

Elderly Elderly Men Women (age 60 (age 60 and above) and above)

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LIVELIHOODS / EXPENDITURE KEY FINDINGS • 40% of refugee households reported income from work, down by nearly half from 74% in 2015. • 75% of Syrians reported that they were not working, as compared with 60% of Jordanians • Average monthly expenditures among Syrians have decreased since 2015 by 45 JOD to reach 221 JOD per month.

POLICY ISSUES • 84% of refugees surveyed were aware of the government’s waiver of job permit application fees • Only 39% of refugees said they would take advantage of the government job fee waiver; most didn’t believe it would improve work access

CONCLUSIONS • Syrians and Jordanians report the same needs cash, cash for rent, and greater access to services • Both Syrian and Jordanian women are increasingly entering the workforce, resulting in upheaval in traditional roles • Children’s roles are also changing, with increased violence at home resulting from stress. While a greater proportion of Syrian children are in school, more children are also working and married. • Competition over limited resources is a strain on the relationship between Jordanians and Syrians • Economic dependence characterizes the lives of both refugees and Jordanians, through debt and increased Syrian reliance on aid • Sustainable solutions are needed to resolve the lack of resources as Syrians increasingly turn to settling in Jordan or abroad without a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria.

• Syrian focus groups reported that employees remain responsible for a 60 JOD medical test and social security application whose cost is prohibitive • Refugees express fear of being deported for working illegally, although this eventuality is hard to quantify

FOOD KEY FINDINGS • 94% of refugee families said they had eaten two or three meals the previous day, but in prior week, most coped with lack of food by reducing meals or portions or other negative coping mechanisms

SHELTER KEY FINDINGS • 97% of urban Syrian households rent, compared with 58% of Jordanians surveyed • 8 out of 10 of these families said their main concern/priority was paying their rent, as in 2015 • Jordanians (22%) also prioritized cash for rent as a primary need • Rental costs for Syrian families have declined by 20 JOD on average, in part due to inadequate housing • Still Syrians spend 68% of the family budget on rent, an increase since last year • Over 90% have a rental contract (86% in 2015) • 54% did not know how long they could stay in housing, up from 40% • 25% of families surveyed had been evicted at least once • 32% of homes were considered unhygienic by surveyors

WASH KEY FINDINGS • 59% of refugee households interviewed purchase their drinking water from a store • 39% of Syrians reported having water every day of the last month; 5% did not have water for 25 days • 63% said the primary reason for lack of water was cuts by the landlord or the water authority Credit: Mary Kate MacIsaac/CARE

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HEALTH KEY FINDINGS • 90% of Syrian households had not received any assistance for health costs in the last month

EDUCATION

PROTECTION

KEY FINDINGS

KEY FINDINGS

• Financial constraints were main obstacle (73%) to healthcare, followed by lack of documentation (11%)

• Lack of registration up: 4% of Syrian families lacked UNHCR registration, with 9% in Zarqa going unregistered

• Half of pregnant and lactating women reported access to pre- and post-natal care

• 90% of respondents said someone, usually adult women, in the household did not feel safe at home

COPING MECHANISMS • 50% of refugee families use humanitarian and personal donations to cope with monthly deicits • 67% bought food on credit, up from 62%, 68% sold property or vouchers, and 18% did irregular work • 28% of refugees were supported by the host community • 10% removed children from school to save educational expenses, 6% put their children to work, and 3% married off their daughters

• 30% of Syrian boys, and 28% of Syrian girls were not attending school

COMMUNITY RELATIONS KEY FINDINGS • 2/3rds of Syrians and slightly more Jordanians described their relationship with their neighbors as positive

KEY FINDINGS • 87% of refugee families were in debt, an amount averaging 628 JOD

• 13% of boys and girls under age 17 are working, compared to a regional average of 8.4%

Credit: Sara Rashdan/CARE

PSYCHOSOCIAL KEY FINDINGS • 47% of refugee families said their situation had deteriorated in the last year • Lack of safe places away from home increases tension - 70% of Syrian families have none for children, 78% have none for adolescents • Gender relationships and family dynamics have been upturned by women’s and children’s employment and men’s inability to fulil their traditional role

• 20% of refugees and 42% of Jordanians through their relationship with their neighbors had deteriorated over the last year • 30% of refugees in Amman said that relations with their neighbors had deteriorated, over the last year while only 10% in Irbid felt that way • 71% of Jordanians reported that the impact of the Syrian refugees has been mostly negative, with implications for inding accommodations, inding work, accessing healthcare and education, achieving personal safety and obtaining clean safe water. • Jordanians emphasized that they should be offered equal services to their refugee counterparts

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