| Demographic groups Protagonist1 #631236 Syrian Refugees in Jordan - Focus Groups, 24-28 February 2019 |
- FGD’s locations: Amman, the northern governorate of Mafraq, and the Zaatari Camp. Of the approximately 80% of Syrian refugees in Jordan who do not live in a refugee camp, 30% live in Amman and 25% in Mafraq. More than 70,000 refugees live in the Zaatari Camp.
- FGD’s composition: Aprox. 120 refugees participated in 8 focus group discussions (FGD) of women, men and youth (20 and below), as well as one-to-one interviews. Out-of-camp FGD gathered 12 people each, with a wrap-up session in which all groups were represented. The FGD in the Zaatari Camp was the most numerous one, with some 50 participants.
- Participants’ origin: Most participants were originally from Syria’s neighboring regions to Jordan, mainly Homs and Der’aa, but also the Damascus suburbs.
- Participants’ profile: The majority of men left education early and worked as farmers, builders, butchers... but most of them do not currently work in Jordan, or only informally, and many of them have medical disabilities. Women, with very few exceptions, are housewives, with some of them developing volunteer work. Many of the youth discontinued education since coming to Jordan, with only some 25% of mainly males that study and/or work in the informal sector, and some of the females been married at an early age. The team also conducted one-to-one interviews with Syrians liberal professionals and businessmen belonging to the upper-middle class who are settled in Jordan due to the conflict but not necessarily claimed refugee status.
- Prompts: FGD open-ended questions sought participants’ input on issues such as their current feelings towards the conflict, reasons for not returning to Syria, the type of future they see for Syria, and the type of future they see for themselves were they able to return to Syria and participate in rebuilding their country, or in case return is not possible.
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