H. Relation Between the Education Index and the Characteristics of the Head of Household

A positive correlation can be observed between low education indicators, on the one hand, and the low level of educational attainment of the head of the household, on the other. Households falling below the threshold based on the education index constitute 79.1 percent of households that are headed by an illiterate person, and 60.5 percent of those whose head can only read and write. The percentage drops to a mere 1.3 percent when the head of the household is a university graduate. The same bias can be observed in the case of households that have a woman as their head.

Table 63. Relation between the education index and the characteristics of the head of household (Percent of households with the specific feature)

Degree of satisfaction Low Intermediate High Total Level of Education 1 11 1 1 Illiterate 79.9 12.8 7.3 100 Can read and write 60.5 22.3 17.2 100 Elementary 21.6 53.9 24.5 100 Intermediate 10.6 39.3 50.0 100 Secondary 4.0 28.7 67.2 100 University and above 1.3 15.7 82.1 100 Gender of head of household 1 1 1 1 Male 30.9 32.6 36.5 100 Female 44.7 22.9 32.4 100 All Lebanon 32.8 31.3 35.9 100