AMMAN, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Analysts have called for more aid to Jordan after a United Nations survey revealed on Wednesday 64 percent of refugees in the kingdom were living on less than 3 dinars (around 4.3 U.S. dollars) a day.

       According to the survey, which was conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Bank, 90 percent of refugee families in Jordan said they used at least one negative coping strategy to get through their daily lives, such as reducing food intake or buying household goods on credit.

       The survey will aid in efforts to better target assistance for those who need it and what kind of assistance they need, and the data in the survey will help better understand the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the livelihood of refugees, Dominik Bartsch, the UNHCR's representative in Jordan, told Xinhua.

       In both camp and out-of-camp settings, having one family member employed is not enough to meet monthly household necessities for the refugees, the findings of the survey showed.

       "To be able to support refugees, Jordan needs continued assistance by donor countries and friendly countries," Abeer Nouman, an economic news editor at the Jordan Press Foundation, told Xinhua Wednesday.

       "Jordan cannot do it alone. Jordan needs to provide services to refugees in all sectors, including health, education and infrastructure, which will exert heavy pressure on the country," she added.

       According to the UNHCR, 760,000 refugees are currently registered with the organization in Jordan, making it the country with the second highest proportion of refugees per capita in the world. Only 17 percent of refugees live in refugee camps, with the bulk residing in Jordan's towns and cities.

       Hosam Ayesh, a freelance economic news columnist in Jordan, believes international crises have overshadowed Jordan's refugee crisis.

       The large number of Syrian refugees hosted in Jordan have exerted mounting economic pressure on the kingdom's state budget, according to Ayesh.

       "International aid for refugees in Jordan has dwindled, and it must be reinstated to enhance the living conditions of both refugees and host communities," he added.

       Funding for the Jordan's response plan for the Syrian crisis during 2021 amounted to about 744.4 million dollars, or 30.63 percent of the 2.43 billion dollars required by the plan, according to figures published by Jordan's Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.