The Syrian refugee life study: first glance

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