According to a survey in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region on the Arab youth in 2020, the largest share of young Arab respondents of 40 percent stated that their religion plays the largest role in shaping their personal identity. The largest percentage of respondents stating that religion was the most important shaper of their personal identity was in North Africa.
Breakdown of Arab youth personal identity shapers in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by factor
The survey question was as follows:
"Which of the following is the most important to your personal identity?"
The study was conducted in in two parts:
The first part was The Main Survey conducted in 17 countries between January 19 and March 3 2020 before the coronavirus outbreak with a count of 3,400 face-to face interviews, Covered countries were Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen.
Syria and Sudan were recently added to the latest year's version of the survey in 2020. Each country had 200 respondent. Margin of error for this survey was +/-1.7 percent.
The second COVID-19 Pulse Survey between August 18 and 26, 2020 following the COVID-19 crisis with a count of 600 face-to-face and online interviews divided equally between six countries: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, and Egypt. Margin of error for this survey was +/-4.0 percent.
All respondents were exclusively citizens of their countries and they were 50% male and female.
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Asdaa Burson Marsteller, & PSB Research. (October 5, 2020). Breakdown of Arab youth personal identity shapers in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by factor [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191821/mena-arab-youth-personal-identity-shapers-by-factor/
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