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Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Jon Pedersen and Åge A. Tiltnes (eds)

Jordanian Society

Living Conditions in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

ISBN 82-7422-217-2
1998 426 p NOK 330,- Order no: 253 Order

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Jordanian Society is a wide-ranging exploration of living conditions in Jordan at the close of the twentieth century. Each chapter covers a topic central to the welfare of Jordanians: population, housing, economy, education, social networks, public life, children and health. A final chapter presents an overview of social conditions and development, and their implications for the future. The book offers a candid look at Jordan based on data collected through the Jordan Living Conditions Survey, a national survey of six thousand households. It is unique in the breadth of information brought together for the first time in Jordan.

Written by Jordanian and Norwegian researchers, this book is a result of a co-operation between the Department of Statistics of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Fafo Institute for Applied Social Science of Norway. The project was sponsored by UNICEF, IDRC/CIDA (Canada) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Contents

Preface 

Chapter 1 Introduction: Jordan Living Conditions Survey 

Chapter 2 The Population of Jordan 

Chapter 3 Housing and Infrastructur

Chapter 4 Education 

Chapter 5 Health and Health Services 

Chapter 6 Household Income and Wealth 

Chapter 7 Work and Working Conditions 

Chapter 8 Social Network 

Chapter 9 Attitudes and Public Life 

Chapter 10 Children and youth 

Chapter 11 Living Conditions in Jordan: a Holistic View 

Appendix 1 The JLCS Sample 

Appendix 2 Some Notes on Statistical Methods 

References