MENA: Arab youth opinion on why young people start using drugs 2019

This statistic depicts the results of a survey about the share of Arab youth on why they think young people start using drugs across Middle East and North Africa as of January 2019. During the survey period, around 62 percent of the respondents in the region thought young people start using drugs due to encouragement by friends at school or work.

Share of Arab youth on why they think young people start using drugs across Middle East and North Africa as of January 2019

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Release date

April 2019

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Region

MENA

Survey time period

January 6 to 29, 2019

Number of respondents

3,300 respondents

Age group

18-24

Special properties

Interviews were conducted in Arabic and English

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Original question was phased as follows:"Why do you think people start using drugs?”.

United Arab Emirates n=300
Oman n=200
Bahrain n=200
KSA n=300
Kuwait n=200
Egypt n=300
Jordan n=200
Lebanon n=200
Iraq n=250
Tunisia n=200
Libya n=200
Algeria n=200
Morocco n=200
Yemen n=200
Palestinian territories n=150

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