The results of a survey in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2020 about the Arab youth showed that 89 percent of respondents in Algeria and Iraq who were young Arabs were supporters of the anti-government protests in their countries.
Share of Arab youth support to anti-government protests in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by country
The survey question was as follows: "How strongly do you support or oppose the anti-government protests?"
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. (October 5, 2020). Share of Arab youth support to anti-government protests in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190941/mena-youth-anti-government-protest-support-by-country/
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Asdaa Burson Marsteller. (2020). Share of Arab youth support to anti-government protests in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190941/mena-youth-anti-government-protest-support-by-country/
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Asdaa Burson Marsteller, Share of Arab youth support to anti-government protests in the Middle East and North Africa in 2020, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190941/mena-youth-anti-government-protest-support-by-country/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
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