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The Mapping of Living Conditions in Lebanon, is a result of a joint effort between the Ministry of social Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme, which aims to provide information and analyses needed for the formulation of policies that contribute to the improvement of living conditions in Lebanon.

The study is based on the results of the Population and Housing Survey which was carried out by the Ministry of Social Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the results of which were published in 1996, in addition to other supplementary sources.

The study measures the living conditions of the population residing in Lebanon, using the Unsatisfied Basic Needs methodology. Mathematical means were used to construct a composite index to express the degree of satisfaction of basic needs of resident households, referred to as the Living Conditions Index. Based on this index, households (and individuals) were classified into five (and 3) categories of living conditions, namely: very low and low (their sum constituting the category of low living conditions), Intermediate, High and Very High (the sum of the latter two constituting the category of High living conditions).

The study includes tables, charts and maps which depict the distribution of households and individuals according to these classifications at the national level, and according to the mohafazats and kadas (administrative districts and sub-districts). It also includes an analysis of household, educational and social characteristics for these categories.

Working Group
Team Leader
Ministry of Social Affairs
For UNDP
International Experts

National Experts

Coordinator and writer of final draft
Consultants
Research Assistants
Translation and Substantive Editing
Cover design
 : Nimat Kanaan

:Randa Aboul-Hosn
:Mohamad Hussein Bakir (Deputy Team Leader) Ole Ugland, FAFO Institute for Applied Social Science, Norway
:Adib Nehmeh, Antoine Haddad, Ali Faour, Ali Chami, Marwan Houri, Ms. Hala Nawfal
: Adib Nehmeh
:Julio Boltvinik Kamal Hamdan
: Khalil Baghdadi (Computer Specialist) Jamal Shaib (Maps)

: Nabil Al-Khatib
: Rima Rifai