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Survey of Young People in Egypt

Council researchers conducted a nationally representative survey covering 15,000 young people in Egypt aged 10–29 to update the state of knowledge on youth and adolescents in Egypt on issues of health, education, employment, family formation, and civic participation.

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Front matter (PDF)

Chapter 1: Introduction and background characteristics (PDF)

Chapter 2: Health (PDF)

Chapter 3: Education (PDF)

Chapter 4: Employment (PDF)

Chapter 5: International migration (PDF)

Chapter 6: Marriage and family formation (PDF)

Chapter 7: Social issues, values and civic engagement (PDF)

Chapter 8: Time use (PDF)

Chapter 9: Attitudes toward gender roles (PDF)

Appendix A: Tables (PDF)

Appendix B: Sampling errors of key indicators of SYPE (PDF)

Appendix C: The design of the SYPE sample and the calculation of sampling weights (PDF)

Appendix D: SYPE questionnaire (PDF)


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Project Stats

Location: Egypt

Program(s): Poverty, Gender, and Youth 

Topic(s): Financial literacy/livelihoods
Schooling
Sexuality and sexual behavior

Duration: 3/2008 - ongoing

Non-Council collaborators:
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
Information and Decision Support Center
National Center for Exams and Educational Evaluation

Donors:
Canadian International Development Agency
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The Ford Foundation
The World Bank
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations Development Fund for Women
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Population Fund

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