Panel Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) 2014: Generating Evidence for Policies and Programs—Summary Report

Authors

Rania Roushdy, Population Council
Maia Sieverding

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

This document contains the Summary Report to the Panel Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) 2014: Generating Evidence for Policy, Programs, and Research. SYPE, which was first conducted in 2009 among Egyptian youth aged 10–29, focuses on education, employment, health, family formation, migration, reproductive health, social issues, and civic/political participation. The second round, SYPE 2014, was conducted in the wake of two youth-led revolutions (2011 and 2013). SYPE 2014 attempts to understand changes that occurred among Egyptian youth over the period between the two rounds through targeting the same group of respondents of the 2009 survey in 2014 to accurately document changes and progress in the status of these young people. Preliminary findings indicated: a slight decrease in unemployment, a reduction in rates of early marriage, and a narrowing of the gender gap in educational attainment. Young people’s desire to migrate has not changed, while participation in social and political activities is on the rise. Moreover, prevalence rates of female genital mutilation/cutting and sexual harassment appear to be declining.

DOI

10.31899/pgy9.1073

Language

English

Comments

Related resources:

• Full report: English | Arabic
• Appendix
• Dataset
• SYPE Report 2009: English | Arabic | Preliminary report

Recommended Citation

Roushdy, Rania and Maia Sieverding. 2015. "Panel Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE) 2014: Generating evidence for policy, programs, and research—Summary Report." Cairo: Population Council.

Project

Survey of Young People in Egypt