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The Syrian refugee life study: first glance

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  • Sarah Stillman
  • Sandra V Rozo
  • Abdulrazzak Tamim
  • I Bailey Palmer
  • Emma Smith
  • Edward Miguel

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This paper presents descriptive statistics from the first wave of the Syrian Refugee Life Study (S-RLS), which began in 2020. S-RLS is a longitudinal study that tracks a representative sample of approximately 2,500 registered Syrian refugee households in Jordan. It collects comprehensive data on sociodemographic variables, health and well-being, preferences, social capital, attitudes, and safety and crime perceptions. We use these data to document sociodemographic characteristics of Syrian refugees in Jordan and compare them to representative populations in the 2016 Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS). Our findings point to lags in basic service access, housing quality, and educational attainment for Syrian refugees relative to non-refugees. The impacts of the pandemic may partially explain these disparities. The data also show that most Syrian refugees have not recovered economically after Covid-19 and have larger gender disparities in income, employment, prevalence of child marriage, and gender attitudes than their non-refugee counterparts. Finally, mental health problems were common for Syrian refugees in 2020, with depression indicated among more than 45 per cent of the phone survey sample and 61 per cent of the in-person survey sample.

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  • Sarah Stillman & Sandra V Rozo & Abdulrazzak Tamim & I Bailey Palmer & Emma Smith & Edward Miguel, 2022. "The Syrian refugee life study: first glance," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 38(3), pages 625-653.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxford:v:38:y:2022:i:3:p:625-653.
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    1. World Bank, 2023. "Socioeconomic Profile of Refugee and Host Households in Nairobi," World Bank Publications - Reports 40532, The World Bank Group.
    2. Gökçe, Merve Betül & Kırdar, Murat Güray, 2025. "The effects of civil war and forced migration on intimate partner violence among Syrian refugee women in Jordan," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
    3. World Bank, 2022. "Social Cohesion and Forced Displacement," World Bank Publications - Reports 38431, The World Bank Group.
    4. Betts, Alexander & Flinder Stierna, Maria & Omata, Naohiko & Sterck, Olivier, 2024. "The economic lives of refugees," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    5. Abigail Weitzman & Matthew Blanton & Sophie M Morse & Gilbert Brenes Camacho & María José Chaves Groh, 2024. "Design and implementation of an intensive panel survey with refugees and other migrants in need of protection in Costa Rica," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-23, March.

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