According to a survey in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region on the Arab youth in 2020, 54 percent of Arab youth respondents in the region believed that women were more likely to look for jobs following the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of female Arab youth respondents in the region believed that men and women had similar employment opportunities.
Opinion of Arab youth on likelihood of female job hunt following the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020
The survey question was as follows:
"In your opinion, since the onset of the pandemic, are women more or less likely to look for a job?"
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). Opinion of Arab youth on likelihood of female job hunt following the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1192040/mena-opinion-on-likeliness-of-female-job-hunt-covid-19/
Asdaa Burson Marsteller, und PSB Research. "Opinion of Arab youth on likelihood of female job hunt following the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020." Chart. October 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1192040/mena-opinion-on-likeliness-of-female-job-hunt-covid-19/
Asdaa Burson Marsteller, PSB Research. (2020). Opinion of Arab youth on likelihood of female job hunt following the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1192040/mena-opinion-on-likeliness-of-female-job-hunt-covid-19/
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