Table 7. Correlates of poverty of Syrian refugee households before and after humanitarian assistance, matched sample

||**Poverty befo**<br>(1)|**re assistance**<br>(2)|**Poverty aft**<br>(3)|**er WFP ast**<br>(4)|**Poverty afte**<br>(5)|**r WFP+UNHCR**<br>(6)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Female PA|6.308|1.082|3.931|1.279|1.843|1.338|
||(2.298) ***|(2.177)|(2.103) *|(2.149)|(1.756)|(1.809)|
|**Characteristics of PA**|||||||
|Age of PA|−0.0927|−0.0187|−0.00533|0.0322|−0.0635|−0.0564|
||(0.0980)|(0.0989)|(0.0981)|(0.0992)|(0.0824)|(0.0838)|
|Education 6‐–11 years|−4.975|−5.529|−1.675|−1.955|−4.551|−4.605|
||<br>(1.797) ***|<br>(1.782) ***|<br>(1.884)|<br>(1.871)|<br>(1.459) ***|<br>(1.460) ***|
|Education >12 years|−6.473|−7.317|−4.245|−4.674|−6.442|−6.523|
||(2.128) ***|(2.118) ***|(2.140) **|(2.142) **|(1.522) ***|(1.520) ***|
|Married, absent spouse|−0.0586|−0.103|−0.866|−0.888|2.805|2.801|
||(5.108)|(5.071)|(4.674)|(4.648)|(3.916)|(3.908)|
|Widowed|3.852|4.358|3.701|3.958|4.548|4.597|
||(5.182)|(5.151)|(4.778)|(4.766)|(4.101)|(4.096)|
|Single or engaged|−2.027|−2.053|−2.264|−2.278|0.529|0.527|
||(3.853)|(3.821)|(3.698)|(3.697)|(3.146)|(3.145)|
|Divorced|1.484|2.034|4.804|5.083|5.087|5.140|
||(6.682)|(6.666)|(5.645)|(5.612)|(4.200)|(4.197)|
|**Household characteristics**|||||||
|Household size|10.54|12.74|4.773|5.890|3.419|3.632|
||(0389) ***|(0461) ***|(0416) ***|(0498) ***|(0361) ***|(0436) ***|
|Children <5 years|.<br>0.0833|.<br>−1.569|.<br>4.036|.<br>3.198|.<br>3.986|.<br>3.826|
||(1.948)|(1.953)|(2.008) **|(2.019)|(1.764) **|(1.760) **|
|Women and girls %|<br>4.172|<br>−2.868|<br>5.103|<br>1.531|<br>3.233|<br>2.552|
|,|<br>(4.831)|<br>(4.929)|<br>(4.336)|<br>(4.444)|<br>(3.269)|<br>(3.366)|
|No. of male adults||<br>‐9.249||<br>‐4.693||<br>‐0.894|
|||(0897) ***||(1016) ***||(0898)|
|Elderly person|3.078|.<br>3.471|6.820|.<br>7.020|10.09|.<br>10.12|
||(3.892)|(3.855)|(3.756) *|(3.747) *|(3.217) ***|(3.217) ***|
|Disabled person|<br>4.164|<br>4.324|<br>7.255|<br>7.336|<br>2.537|<br>2.553|
||(1.899) **|(1.908) **|(2.247) ***|(2.263) ***|(1.865)|(1.868)|
|Wage income|<br>−7.760|<br>−7.054|<br>−10.76|<br>−10.41|<br>−6.088|<br>−6.020|
||(4.178) *|(4.271) *|(3.610) ***|(3.599) ***|(2.386) **|(2.389) **|
|Remittance income|<br>−12.20|<br>−12.79|<br>−6.625|<br>−6.922|<br>−3.347|<br>−3.404|
||(4.176) ***|(4.143) ***|(2.678) **|(2.648) ***|(2.192)|(2.188)|
|Legal entry status|−9.412|−8.847|−5.837|−5.550|−4.718|−4.663|
||(1.583) ***|(1.573) ***|(1.488) ***|(1.487) ***|(1.195) ***|(1.199) ***|
|**Family type**|||||||
|<br>Only‐person|−3.873|−2.767|7.421|7.982|9.881|9.988|
||(4.961)|(4.922)|(4.445) *|(4.438) *|(3.451) ***|(3.449) ***|
|Single caregiver|<br>0.719|<br>−1.697|<br>3.408|<br>2.182|<br>0.763|<br>0.529|
||(5.281)|(5.281)|(4.893)|(4.889)|(4.073)|(4.096)|
|Couple without children|<br>−3.983|<br>−0.497|<br>1.561|<br>3.330|<br>3.347|<br>3.684|
||(3.655)|(3.623)|(2.862)|(2.888)|(2.394)|(2.425)|
|Unaccompanied children|32.26|29.89|42.10|40.89|31.00|30.77|
||(8.230) ***|(8.293) ***|(8.790) ***|(8.793) ***|(8.254) ***|(8.253) ***|
|Siblings|20.56|22.81|20.85|21.99|18.48|18.70|
||(6.183) ***|(6.141) ***|(6.747) ***|(6.738) ***|(6.087) ***|(6.088) ***|
|Extended and other|<br>−14.79|<br>−10.17|<br>−3.040|<br>−0.692|<br>2.002|<br>2.449|
||<br>(4959) ***|<br>(4943) **|<br>(4600)|<br>(4572)|<br>(3984)|<br>(3996)|
|Polygamous|.<br>−19.79|.<br>−14.28|.<br>−3.275|.<br>−0.478|.<br>−14.21|.<br>−13.68|
||(21.69)|(22.03)|(23.95)|(24.60)|(2.686) ***|(2.669) ***|
|Observations|34,000|34,000|34,000|34,000|34,000|34,000|
|R‐squared|0.208|0.219|0.073|0.077|0.076|0.076|
|_Note:_PA = principal applicant; HH = h|ousehold. Robu|st standard err|ors in parenth|esis. *** p<0.0|1, ** p<0.05, *|p<0.1. Omitted|
|categories: less than 6 years of educa<br>governorate dummies not reported.|tion, married wi<br>|th spouse in th|e household, il|legal entry sta|tus, couple with|children,|

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