السياق

Youth in this context are those aged 18-30 in the Middle East and North Africa region. There is an absence of attention for young people in the MENA region. This is manifested in the lack of proper programming and the inadequacy of their quality, if any. Youth of the region continue to be sidelined, and there is a lack of urgency when it comes to policy making related to youth. The MENAACTION Youth Index (MYI) seeks to compile all youth-related data into one index. This index comprises of a variety of sub-indicators, including economic inclusion, educational opportunities, freedoms, equality, political engagement, security, health, technology, and environment. MYI adopts Amartya Sen’s definition of Human Development and these ideals onto youth in the MENA region.

المنهجية

MYI measures youth-related dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa in relation to the following sub-indicators: economic inclusion, educational opportunities, freedoms, equality, political engagement, security, health, technology, and environment. The items selected under each sub-indicator have face validity, meaning they are selected to provide insights on the sub-indicator we wish to measure. These items are also unidimensional. They are chosen exclusively under each sub-indicator in order to provide the best value to their respective sub-indicator. MYI relies on 9 sub-indicators with a variety of subsequent items under each one. These items are chosen to provide immense specificity to the sub-indicator, meaning that each sub-indicator will be based on many specific items that measure the dynamics experienced by youth under each sub-indicator. Lastly, these items pay close attention to the amount of variance each item provides. 

يأخذ مؤشر مينا آكشن للشباب في الاعتبار العلاقات التجريبية ضمن البنود التي اخترناها، مما يعني أن الأفكار التي تم تجميعها في كل سؤال تم فحصه في إطار البنود يمكن أن تساعدنا في التنبؤ كيف ستكون الإجابات للأسئلة الأخرى تحت نفس البند. وعلى هذا النحو، فإن أسئلة البحث المصممة لدراسة كل بند تضمن وجود علاقة تجريبية فيما بينها، وبالتالي، فإن العلاقات التجريبية بين بندين يمكن أن تستتبع أن يعكس كلا البندين نفس المفهوم ويمكننا إدراجهما في نفس المؤشر الفرعي، وفي النهاية في نفس المؤشر، باتباع نفس المنهجية. لضمان ارتباط عناصرنا تجريبيًا، اختبرناها باستخدام معاملات التبادل والارتباط.

قياس درجات المؤشر والتحقق من صحته

Each sub-indicator is measured on the basis of a scale of 1 to 10. This means that for economic inclusion, for example, 1 means youth are not economically included at all while 10 means youth are economically included to a great extent. These numeric values are calculated based on the items associated under each sub-indicator. For example, under economic inclusion, we measure youth unemployment. For that, the unemployment rate, which is a percentage point, will be given certain weight and calculated with the other items to provide a composite score for their respective sub-indicator.

MYI is an index illustrating a scale of 1 to 100, whereby 1 means that youth in a given country do not enjoy a general environment that values their interests and ensures their meaningful engagement and proper rights, freedoms, equality, and human development while 100 means that youth in a given country enjoy a general environment that places complete value on their interests, actively works toward their meaningful engagement, and ensures they are granted full rights, freedoms, and equality. These numeric values will be calculated based on the respective scores of the 9 sub-indicators. 

تم التحقق من نتائج مؤشر مينا آكشن للشباب. وتم ذلك من خلال التحقق من صحة كل بند ومؤشرات فرعية تشكل المؤشر، من خلال التأكد من قياسها جميعها لما كان يراد قياسه، من خلال تحليل البنود، حيث قمنا بفحص مدى ارتباط المؤشر بالمؤشرات الفرعية الفردية، وبالتالي بمجالات البحث في إطار هذه المؤشرات الفرعية.

المؤشرات الفرعية