Two-thirds of Jordanians (68.3 per cent) are satisfied with the socio-economic rights they enjoy, according to the results of an opinion poll announced on Tuesday.
The poll, which included a sample of 1,200 families in the country’s 12 governorates, addressed Jordanians’ satisfaction of five main rights.
Conducted by the Phenix Centre for Economic and Informatics Studies, the poll showed that 73.6 per cent of Jordanians are satisfied with the right of access to food. The capital topped this indicator with 77.8 per cent of its residents saying they are highly satisfied with this right, followed by Balqa Governorate (74.4 per cent) and Zarqa (74.3 per cent), while Jerash was at the bottom of the list with 66.9 per cent.
The right to own housing came second on the overall list with 71.9 per cent of respondents expressing satisfaction, followed by the right of access to education (71.4 per cent).
A lower percentage (68.6 per cent) of Jordanians said they are satisfied with access to healthcare and access to work opportunities (61.7 per cent), according to the findings of the survey.
Further studies are required, according to Phenix Centre Director Ahmad Awad, because the northern Governorate of Jerash was at the bottom of the list in most of the indicators.
He noted that the centre will conduct specialised workshops next month to analyse results of the survey.
