Youth in Saudi Arabia
This book uses the youth life stage as a window through which to view all domains of life in present-day Saudi Arabia: family life, education, the impact of new media, the labour market, religion and politics. The authors draw ext
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Youth in Saudi Arabia
Talha H Fadaak · Ken Roberts
Youth in Saudi Arabia
Talha H Fadaak Umm Al-Qura University Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Ken Roberts School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-04380-3 ISBN 978-3-030-04381-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04381-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018963737 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Getty/Mert Mayda/EyeEm Cover design by Fatima Jamadar This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Saudi Arabia 1 2 Youth 21 3 Free Time: Online and Offline 43 4 Education 67 5 Employment 91 6 Marriage and Family Transitions 117 7 Housing 143 8 Looking Forward 169 Bibliography 189 Index 199 v
List of Tables
Table 3.1 Total internet use in Saudi Arabia (2005–2017) 50 Table 3.2 Total mobile service subscriptions in Saudi Arabia (2007–2017) 51 Table 3.3 Top 10 in Saudi followers on Twitter, updated in 2018 53 Table 4.1 Educational attainments, Saudi 30- to 34-year olds, 2017 (in percentages) 69 Table 4.2 Saudis: total labour force and unemployed by educational levels, 2017 (in percentages) 84 Table 4.3 Saudis only. Types of occupations by educational levels in 2014 (in percentages) 85 Table 4.4 Specialisations of Saudi Arabia’s beginning undergraduate students in 2017 (in percentages) 88 Table 6.1 Saudi Arabia population 121 Table 6.2 Saudi population (15 years and over) by age groups and marital status (2016) 135 Table 6.3 Saudi female population (15 years and over) by age groups and marital status (2016) 135
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Table 7.1 Housing units (occupied by Saudi households), households and
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