MENA: Arab youth opinion on the role of religion 2020

According to a survey in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region on the Arab youth, 67 percent share of the respondents stated that they agree with the statement that religion plays too large of a role in the Middle East in 2020.

Does religion play too big of a role in the Middle East?

Characteristic	2019	2020
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Release date

October 2020

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Region

MENA

Survey time period

January 19 to August 26, 2020

Number of respondents

4,000 respondents

Age group

18-24 years

Special properties

Interview conducted in Arabic and English

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview, online survey

Supplementary notes

Methodology of the survey is explained on page 2 of the report. 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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