# **Table 1. Share of Female-Headed Households in Six Arab Countries (percentages)**

|||**Egypt, **|**Arab Rep.**|||**Iraq**|**Jo**|**rdan**||**Mau **|**ritania**|||**West Ban**|**k and Gaza**|||**T**|**unisia**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||2012|2015|2017|2020|2007|2012|2010|2013|2004|2008|2014|2019|2007|2009|2011|2017|2005|2010|2015|2021|
|**Te 1 Self-reorted FHH**|**17.80**|**17.86**|**18.43**|**17.59**|**11.30**|**9.63**|**13.88**|**13.24**|**18.92**|**31.30**|**30.19**|**36.58**|**9.12**|**10.00**|**11.07**|**10.05**|**17.01**|**14.85**|**16.24**|**18.52**|
|**yp . p**|_1,346_|_2,104_|_2,265_|_1,967_|_1,906_|_2,531_|_402_|_669_|_1,860_|_4,273_|_3,033_|_3,654_|_108_|_388_|_505_|_397_|_2,128_|_1,704_|_4,088_|_3,153_|
|Offiil FHH|13.98|14.96|15.92|14.03|10.43|8.22|11.29|11.05|16.89|18.90|17.23|16.98|8.26|8.79|9.93|8.04|13.73|11.95|14.12|16.62|
|ca|_1,058_|_1,741_|_1,956_|_1,599_|_1,721_|_2,152_|_335_|_592_|_1,674_|_2,688_|_1,839_|_1,834_|_97_|_341_|_447_|_308_|_1,671_|_1,347_|_3,462_|_2,788_|
|N id|0.48|0.37|0.48|0.59|0.46|0.20|0.89|0.89|0.44|0.45|0.50|0.60|0.59|1.07|1.09|0|1.01|0.56|1.29|1.51|
|ever marre|_35_|_43_|_57_|_67_|_78_|_101_|_17_|_43_|_44_|_67_|_48_|_72_|_7_|_45_|_56_|_0_|_113_|_65_|_282_|_261_|
|Did/ td|0.95|1.33|1.55|1.80|0.78|0.62|0.51|0.66|6.15|6.98|6.22|6.64|0.99|0.65|1.14|0.82|1.28|1.18|1.53|1.90|
|vorce separae|_74_|_153_|_194_|_210_|_120_|_175_|_19_|_33_|_602_|_974_|_660_|_690_|_11_|_25_|_43_|_29_|_156_|_131_|_360_|_291_|
|Wid l|12.56|13.26|13.89|11.64|9.19|7.40|9.90|9.50|10.29|11.47|10.52|9.74|6.68|7.07|7.70|7.22|11.44|10.21|11.29|13.21|
|ow ony|_949_|_1,545_|_1,705_|_1,322_|_1,523_|_1,876_|_299_|_516_|_1,028_|_1,647_|_1,131_|_1,072_|_79_|_271_|_348_|_279_|_1,402_|_1,151_|_2,820_|_2,236_|
|Mid FHH|3.80|2.89|2.52|3.53|0.87|1.41|2.58|2.19|1.92|12.20|12.96|18.45|0.87|1.22|1.14|2.01|3.28|2.90|2.12|1.91|
|arre|_287_|_363_|_309_|_365_|_185_|_379_|_67_|_77_|_176_|_1,558_|_1,194_|_1,714_|_11_|_47_|_58_|_89_|_457_|_357_|_624_|_365_|
|**T 2 Sh f fl dlt>05**|**22.96**|**22.29**|**22.46**|**20.87**|**24.02**|**28.92**|**25.80**|**22.80**|**31.50**|**40.40**|**39.98**|**43.96**|**21.52**|**19.53**|**20.97**|**24.28**|**29.20**|**28.98**|**26.17**|**27.21**|
|**ype . are o emae aus.**|1,712|2,659|2,797|2,352|4,547|6,525|728|1,105|_3,075_|_5,606_|_3,897_|_4,393_|265|751|919|955|3,710|3,363|_6,907_|_4,740_|
|Share of employed females> share of|**5.42**|**6.22**|**6.12**|**6.02**|**4.81**|**3.81**|**6.02**|**7.56**|**11.40**|**12.90**|**14.30**|**14.68**|**7.65**|**6.72**|**6.54**|**4.59**|**10.94**|**9.01**|**10.17**|**11.04**|
|employed males|_406_|_733_|_757_|_660_|_916_|_1,070_|_178_|_291_|_1,056_|_1,888_|_1,422_|_1,454_|_88_|_269_|_300_|_176_|_1,313_|_987_|_2,382_|_1,854_|
|**T 3 Pttil FHH**|**16.68**|**16.49**|**19.37**|**18.86**|**5.73**|**3.59**|**13.25**|**12.78**|**17.01**|**27.09**|**25.02**|**27.88**|**11.09**|**10.35**|**10.55**|**9.88**|**18.30**|**17.54**|**18.13**|**26.75**|
|**ype . oena**|_1,244_|_1,935_|_2,344_|_2,087_|_1,007_|_1,621_|_359_|_576_|_1,643_|_3,694_|_2,345_|_2,824_|_127_|_398_|_482_|_397_|_2,280_|_1,974_|_4,609_|_4,618_|
||3.06|3.17|3.49|3.75|1.65|0.86|2.52|3.52|7.07|8.07|9.68|9.12|3.04|2.34|2.84|1.82|5.07|4.11|4.27|5.67|
|Core FHH|_229_|_364_|_419_|_407_|_283_|_388_|_77_|_129_|_635_|_1,160_|_939_|_912_|_34_|_97_|_130_|_74_|_620_|_457_|_1,022_|_947_|
||11.77|11.70|14.05|13.10|4.00|2.61|12.02|10.90|14.85|24.30|22.63|24.67|9.24|8.76|8.52|N.A.|15.56|15.55|15.22|N.A.|
|Asset FHH|_881_|_1,459_|_1,765_|_1,489_|_783_|_1,258_|_321_|_510_|_1,417_|_3,287_|_2,095_|_2,523_|_106_|_338_|_402_|_N.A._|_1,967_|_1,769_|_4,037_|_N.A._|
|**Type 4. Most educated adult member**|**12.92**|**13.88**|**14.30**|**13.98**|**8.54**|**5.87**|**18.49**|**18.48**|**8.76**|**16.47**|**13.83**|**24.67**|**16.87**|**15.25**|**14.82**|**11.52**|**15.42**|**17.75**|**17.84**|**20.11**|
|**is female & no employed males**|_951_|_1,610_|_1,749_|_1,554_|_1,485_|_1,990_|_499_|_932_|_969_|_2,384_|_1,378_|_2,490_|_201_|_595_|_643_|_419_|_1,936_|_2,024_|_4,479_|_3,520_|

Note: The main definitions of female-headed households are in bold, and the variant definitions are in regular font. The numbers in bold refer to the percent of the cross-sectional sample for each period. The numbers in _italics_ refer to the sample size of each group. Type 1 _self-reported FHHs_ are obtained from self-reporting information in the survey questionnaires. Type 2 _majority-female-adult FHHs_ are defined as households where the proportion of females among (working age) adults exceeds 0.5. Type 3 _potential FHHs_ are those households where there are no working-age males present. Type 4 _most-educated-female-adult FHHs_ consist of households with no employed males, whose most educated adult member is female. Under Type 1 FHHs, the different sub-types are defined as in the survey questionnaires. Under Type 3 FHHs, sub-type 3 _core FHH_ encompasses only the potential FHHs with employed females, and sub-type 3 _asset FHH_ encompasses only households with females who have ownership rights over the dwellings they reside in.

33