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GENERAL PROFILE OF STATELESS RESPONDENTS
The main survey targeting adult stateless persons in Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon gathered 547 responses. The profile characteristics pointed in majority to stateless
married men from the Sunni community.
Fig 1. Respondents' gender
Fig 2. What is your family status?
5%
3%
Fig 3. Which sect do you belong to?
Sunni
77%
Christian communities
43%
Rather not say
23%
57%
Shia
69%
Men
Women
Married
Single
9%
Divorced
• The average age for all respondents is 38.5 years old, distributed
between 57% of men and 43% of women.
• The large majority of surveyed stateless are married (69%). The
length of their married respondents’ union is on average 13 years,
with an average of 3.5 children per family (same as for Lebanese
form the control group survey).
7%
4%
Druze
2%
Other
1%
Widow/er
• A majority of the respondents belong to the Sunni community
with 78%, followed by a much smaller groups, such as members
of Christian communities (Chaldeans, Assyrian, Armenians,
Greek Catholics and Orthodox…) totaling 9%, and 4% Shia, while
7% of respondents dismissed this question.
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