C. Relation Between the Living Conditions Index and the Level of Education

The results of the Population and Housing survey show that individuals considered to have a low and very low degree of satisfaction according to the living conditions index are in their majority (64.3 percent) individuals who have never been to school. The same is true of deprived individuals who constitute 67.3 percent of illiterates, 52 percent of those who can only read and write, and 75.4 percent of all children in the age group 6-9 years not enrolled at school. In contrast, 78.4 percent of individuals with a high and very high degree of satisfaction have a higher education, and 67.3 percent are university graduates.

Table 55. Cross classification of degrees of satisfaction and level of education of individuals (Percent within specified level of education)

Level of Education Very low Low Intermediate High Very high Total Below 6 years 7.7 32.5 41.5 15.7 2.6 100 6 - 9 years (not enrolled) 37.4 38.0 20.1 4.3 0.2 100 Illiterate 24.8 42.5 27.5 4.8 0.3 100 Can read and write 10.1 41.9 38.0 9.2 0.8 100 Elementary 6.2 36.4 45.0 11.6 0.9 100 Intermediate 2.3 23.8 52.5 19.7 1.7 100 Secondary 0.6 10.5 47.0 36.6 5.3 100 University 0.1 3.4 28.1 50.6 17.7 100 Higher studies 0.1 1.9 19.6 52.8 25.6 100 All categories 6.8 28.4 42.2 19.3 3.3 100