Table 2.
Distribution of reported infrastructural and physical destruction, distress, suffering and insecurity, Gaza Strip, 2009
| n (%) (n = 3017) | |
|---|---|
| Private property destruction (at least some property destroyed) | |
| Yes | 1258 (41.7) |
| No | 1759 (58.3) |
| Home destruction | |
| Yes | 1184 (39.2) |
| Yes complete destruction | 39 (1.3) |
| Yes minor to partial destruction | 1145 (37.9) |
| Neighbourhood destruction (at least one property destroyed) | |
| Yes | 953 (31.6) |
| No | 2064 (68.4) |
| Suffering | |
| Suffering not part of life | 373 (12.4) |
| Suffering part of life | 2644 (87.6) |
| Sources of sufferinga (Proportion of those reporting score of >8) | |
| Siege | 2459 (93.0) |
| The latest war on Gaza | 2300 (87.0) |
| Internal Palestinian fights | 2204 (83.4) |
| Individual distress | |
| Least distress | 397 (13.2) |
| Low distress | 1146 (38.0) |
| Moderate distress | 1065 (35.3) |
| High distress | 408 (13.5) |
| Fears and threats/human insecurity | |
| Least insecurity | 60 (2.0) |
| Low insecurity | 336 (11.3) |
| Moderate insecurity | 1246 (41.9) |
| High insecurity | 1334 (44.8) |
| Livelihood needsb (Reports of at least one crucial need) | |
| Cash liquidity, work for cash liquidity, main source of income and work rehabilitation | 2242 (74.3) |
| Basic needs (Reports of at least one crucial need) | |
| Electricity supply, clean water, and cooking gas | 1635 (54.2) |
| Humanitarian aid (Reports of at least one crucial need) | |
| Medication, cloth and food | 1313 (43.5) |
| Home rebuild (Reports of at least one crucial need) | |
| Residence furnishing, renovation and building materials | 1274 (42.2) |
These questions were then grouped into the four categories listed above by counting the number of reports of crucial needs
a: Participants were asked to report (on a scale from 0 to 10) the extent to which suffering was due to siege, occupation, latest war on the Gaza Strip and Palestinian factional violence
b: Fifteen questions were asked covering a range of expected needs with the options: crucial, medium, minimal and no need at all