n All Households Household Living Arrangements
No older adults (n=3392) Multigenerational Households (n=1495) Single Households (n=525)
Household living arrangement (%) 5412 100 62.3 27.9 9.7
Number of people living in household (mean, (SD))* 5412 4.5 (0.03) 5.0 (0.04)a 4.4 (0.06)b 1.5 (0.02)c
Poverty* (%, CI) 5068 57.0 (55.6-58.5) 60.6 (58.7-62.4) a 60.0 (57.3-62.8) a 25.5 (21.3-29.7) b
Receiving welfare† (% yes, (CI)) 5394 44.3 (42.9-45.7) 39.3 (37.5-41.1) a 49.2 (46.4-51.9) b 61.8 (57.3-66.3) c
Receiving remittance from family or aid other than UNRWA† (% yes, (CI)) 5401 36.5 (35.1-37.9) 27.0 (25.3-28.6) a 46.3 (43.5-49.1) b 69.1 (64.9-73.3) c
Number of food-related asset scale‡ (mean, (SD)) 5412 2.18 (0.01) 2.19 (0.01) a 2.19 (0.02) a 2.09 (0.03) a
Health care expenditure /month in US$/ Per person* (mean, (SD)) 4865 27.8 (1.0) 16.7 (0.7) a 32.6 (1.3) b 82.8 (7.9) c
Food expenditure/month in US$/ Per person* (mean, (SD)) 5043 73.22 (0.76) 66.54 (0.85) a 72.77 (1.27) a 120.04 (4.00) b
Food security† (%, CI)
- Food secure
- Moderately food insecure
- Severely food insecure
5412
38.3 (36.9-39.7)
39.8 (38.4-41.2)
21.9 (20.7-23.1)

37.1 (35.3-38.9) a
41.1 (39.3-42.9)
21.8 (20.2-23.3)

37.8 (35.2-40.5) a
39.3 (36.6-42.0)
22.9 (20.5-25.2)

47.4 (42.8-52.1) b
33.0 (28.6-37.3)
19.6 (15.9-23.2)