Over half of Azeri youths face no money shortage: poll
55 percent of young people in Azerbaijan are content with their
financial status, while 43 percent are faced with constraints, a
recent poll has found.
The number of youths seeking to emigrate from Azerbaijan to look for a better life has increased to 23 percent. 43 percent of respondents said they wanted to leave the country temporarily.
As for employment expectations, 42 pct of those polled said they would like to work for state-run companies, 11 pct said they wanted to work for businesses, and 40 pct said they wanted to start their own business. Only three percent of those polled said they were not seeking employment and wanted to be supported by their parents.
On religion, 96 pct of those polled said they believed in God. 13 pct of respondents follow religious rites regularly. 53 pct spoke in favor of applying the rules of Sharia fully or when it comes to family issues.
69 pct of respondents opposed women’s pre-marital sex, while 18 pct see this as normal and everyone’s own business, and three pct said this was actually necessary.
73 pct of the poll participants disapproved of sexual minorities, while 11 pct said they were indifferent, and nine percent said they approved of them.
46 pct of respondents said men should dominate families, while two percent see women in this role, 47 pct said families should be based on mutual consent of both spouses, and four percent argued that the spouse that earns more money should dominate.
47 pct described the political situation in Azerbaijan as stable, while 28 pct charged it is tense.
The study also revealed that Russia and the West are equally popular among Azerbaijani youths. 44 pct of respondents said Azerbaijan has vast potential to develop alongside its northern neighbor and other CIS states, while 42 pct favored Europe and the United States, 37 pct cited Turkey, and eight pct cited Iran and the Islamic world as a whole.
Only seven pct of respondents said they were members of political parties. 35 pct of those polled are not interested in politics.
The poll, conducted by the ADAM sociological service’s Political and Economic Research Center (FAR CENTER) with the support of the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED), aimed to study the social standing of Azerbaijani youths and their views on the socio-political developments ongoing in the country as well as religion.*
The number of youths seeking to emigrate from Azerbaijan to look for a better life has increased to 23 percent. 43 percent of respondents said they wanted to leave the country temporarily.
As for employment expectations, 42 pct of those polled said they would like to work for state-run companies, 11 pct said they wanted to work for businesses, and 40 pct said they wanted to start their own business. Only three percent of those polled said they were not seeking employment and wanted to be supported by their parents.
On religion, 96 pct of those polled said they believed in God. 13 pct of respondents follow religious rites regularly. 53 pct spoke in favor of applying the rules of Sharia fully or when it comes to family issues.
69 pct of respondents opposed women’s pre-marital sex, while 18 pct see this as normal and everyone’s own business, and three pct said this was actually necessary.
73 pct of the poll participants disapproved of sexual minorities, while 11 pct said they were indifferent, and nine percent said they approved of them.
46 pct of respondents said men should dominate families, while two percent see women in this role, 47 pct said families should be based on mutual consent of both spouses, and four percent argued that the spouse that earns more money should dominate.
47 pct described the political situation in Azerbaijan as stable, while 28 pct charged it is tense.
The study also revealed that Russia and the West are equally popular among Azerbaijani youths. 44 pct of respondents said Azerbaijan has vast potential to develop alongside its northern neighbor and other CIS states, while 42 pct favored Europe and the United States, 37 pct cited Turkey, and eight pct cited Iran and the Islamic world as a whole.
Only seven pct of respondents said they were members of political parties. 35 pct of those polled are not interested in politics.
The poll, conducted by the ADAM sociological service’s Political and Economic Research Center (FAR CENTER) with the support of the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED), aimed to study the social standing of Azerbaijani youths and their views on the socio-political developments ongoing in the country as well as religion.*
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