2017 PDM 3rd QUARTER - UNHCR

MONITORING REPORT

3rd Quarter - Syrian Refugees on the Waiting List 14,156

81%

24%

Syrian refugee families are on the waiting list

Families with children

Families with persons living with disability

PDM SAMPLE A random sample of 276 families receiving cash assistance, with an average family size of 4 people were interviewed for the report. Surveys were conducted through home visits (86) and phone calls (190). The interviews were conducted by Mindset, a Jordanian research organization.

FINDINGS Monthly Expenses Syrian refugees on the waiting list report rent, utilities, health, debt repayment, and food as their most common monthly expense. Rent continues to be the most expensive, costing an average of 126 JOD per month, followed by food (81 JOD per month), debt repayment (49 JOD per month), health expenses (40 JOD per month), and utilities (32 JOD per month). Figure 1: Monthly Expenses Debt repayment

5%

Education

10%

Health

11%

Other

14%

Food excluding WFP vouchers

20%

Rent

20%

Utilities

21% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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2017 PDM 3rd QUARTER

Unmet Needs Consistent with the PDM findings from Quarter 2, food remains as the biggest unmet need of Syrians on the waiting list (20%), followed closely by clothes (19%), rent (17%), and health at (16%). Figure 2: Unmet Needs 25% 20% 20%

19%

17%

16%

15% 8%

10%

6%

5%

5%

4%

2%

2%

1%

0%

0% 1 Food

Clothes

Rent

Health

Children specific

Other

Education

Transportation

Recreation and entertainment

Living in a house independently

Nothing

Communication

Income Thirty-six percent of respondents report income from wages, with twenty-four percent reporting to have work permits. Waiting list families are slightly more likely to report wage income, then monthly cash assistance beneficiaries (23% reporting wage income). After “Other”, support from relatives was the second highest source of income (13%), followed by borrowing money (12%), and support from the host community (10%).

24% Work Permit 76% No Work Permit

Stories behind the numbers Syrian refugees on the waiting list for cash assistance At the home of one of several thousand families on the waiting list to get cash assistance in Jordan. Nada and Ibrahim, from Homs are living in Amman with their five children. Their last three months’ rent were covered by loans, they are living in fear of eviction. ©UNHCR/Christopher Herwig

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Figure 3: Sources of Monthly Income* 40%

36%

35% 30% 25% 20% 14%

15%

13%

12% 10%

9%

10%

6% 5% 0% Wages

Other

Support from Borrowing relatives in money Jordan

Support from Cash or Selling home host vouchers products community from another NGO

* Wages refers to both formal and informal work

Coping Strategies Borrowing money is the most common coping strategy, along with adult family members working. Support from the host community is the third most common coping strategy. Only three percent of respondents indicated that they had to drop children out of school and/or engage in child labor as a coping strategy.

Figure 4: Coping Strategies 30% 25%

28% 21%

20% 15% 9%

10%

8%

8%

6%

5%

5%

4%

4%

3%

3% 0%

0% 1 Borrowing money

Adult family members work

Support from host community

Support from family members

Living together with the other family

Selling properties/household assets

Other (specify)

Child labor

Savings

Selling food vouchers

Dropping children out from school

Begging


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Stories behind the numbers Syrian refugees on the waiting list for cash assistance Ali’s family consists of fifteen members. Their only source of income is the food vouchers they receive from WFP. In order to survive, they collect old bread and sell it as animal feed.

©UNHCR/Christopher Herwig

Housing Refugees on the waiting list appear to have stability in terms of shelter with a majority (63%) living in the same place for over a year and only one percent having no stable housing. However, forty-six percent indicated they would move to another house if they started receiving UNHCR cash assistance. In addition, seventy-eight percent reported an increase in rent over the past six months. Quality of Service Over half of respondents (50%) stated that they are aware of how to contact UNHCR, but only twenty percent had ever tried to contact UNHCR. Of those who contacted UNHCR, just under a third of callers received an answer to their question.

Figure 5: Duration of stay in residence 2% 1%

5% 9%

20%

63%

Over a year 6 month to a year Between 1 to 3 months Over 3 month but less than 6 months Less than a month No stable house

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