Palestinian Poll:18.6% Important To Raise Child To Be Shahid

Aaron Lerner Date: 20 November 2003

The following is IMRA's translation of the results of a poll of a
representative sample of 618 adult Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip
and eastern Jerusalem carried by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion
(PCPO) under the direction of PCPO President Dr.Nabil Kukali on 15- 20
October 2003 as published in Arabic in Al Hayyat Al Jadeedah on 20 November
2003. The survey was commissioned by "The New Family Organization".

Do you believe it is important to raise a child to be:
Shahid 18.6% Farmer 8.9% Academic with a profession 59.2%
Other 13.3%

What type of legal marriage arrangement would you prefer there to be in the
Palestinian state?
Religious - polygamy 27.8% Religious - monogamy 50.8%
Civil with mixed religion marriages 11.4% Don't care 10.0%

There are barely any women active in Palestinian politics because:
38.8% Woman's place is in the home
14.1% Not talented enough
8.1% Prohibited by religious law
7.6% If women were in politics it would hurt the status of men
31.4% Other

Response to adultery in a marriage:
30.7% Kill the adulterer
9.1% Kill the adulterer only if female
29.3% Separate or divorce
7.6% Divorce only if female was the adulterer
6.1% Forgive the adulterer
17.2% No opinion

Religiosity
Secular 5.3% Traditional 46.0% Religious 44.2%
Ultra-religious 4.5%

The president of the PCPO, Dr. Nabil Kukali, notes that the survey error was
+/- 3.94 percentage points.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
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