Browsing Social & Economic Survey Research Institute Research by Subject "Qatar"
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Parental Involvement in Education: Findings and implications from Qatar Education Survey 2018
( Social & Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) , 2020 , Report)The Qatar National Development Strategy (2011-2016 & 2018-2022) stresses the importance of parental participation in the education of children. In line with the recommendations outlined in the NDS, the current policy brief ... -
PATH ANALYTIC INVESTIGATION OF THE INTENTION TO ADOPT E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES THROUGH MOBILE APPLICATIONS IN QATAR (TAM REVISITED)
( IAEME Publication , 2020 , Article)The aim of this research is to examine the factors that affect user's intention to use e-government services through mobile applications in Qatar. Based on valid responses from 1,340 adults out of a representative sample ... -
Perceived parenting styles and child personality: A Qatari perspective
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)Parenting is a determinant of children’s behaviors and personalities. However, parenting styles differ across societies and among individuals and depend on culture, level of education, and income. This paper examined the ... -
Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar
(2016 , Report)Qatari citizens, especially those employed in the public sector, are less likely than other people living in Qatar to be aware of the recent decline in oil prices. Among citizens who are aware, moreover, most seem to ... -
A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2013 , Article)Though transnational labor migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic methodologies or small non-representative ... -
Potential psychosocial influences on gender differences in physical activity among Qatari adolescents: a first insight through descriptive observation
( Taylor & Francis Open , 2018 , Article)Adolescents in Qatar have some of the highest levels of inactivity and gender inequality in physical activity (PA) among all adolescents in the world. Contextual psychosocial influences remain unknown to date. The current ... -
Practices of obtaining informed consent in Lebanon and Qatar: a disconnect between standards and practice
(2013 , Presentation)With the increasing number of universities in the Arab region, there has been a consequent increase in the number of research projects conducted particularly with human subjects. Despite the need to understand the application ... -
Predictors of job performance in Qatar labor market: a micro-level model
( Emerald , 2021 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the factors influencing the performance and productivity of Qatari citizens in organizational settings, with specific aims to maintain a high-quality performance standard ... -
Predictors of parental use of private tutoring in Qatar
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2020 , Article)The aim of this study was to identify the factors likely to influence parents' desire to use a private tutor for their children in the State of Qatar. Drawing on insights from the relevant literature, a survey questionnaire ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of DSM-5 insomnia disorder in the general population of Qatar
( BMC , 2021 , Article)Background: Epidemiological studies of insomnia in the Middle East remain scarce. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of insomnia and explore its associations in the general population of Qatar. With almost ... -
Prevalence and potential determinants of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in qatar: Results from a nationally representative survey of qatari nationals and migrants between december 2020 and january 2021
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ... -
Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population of women in Qatar
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2013 , Article)Objectives The Arabian Gulf region has limited epidemiological data related to sexually transmitted infections. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among general ... -
Public Acceptance of Taxation in Qatar
( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)Most Gulf countries have acknowledged that the traditional rentier system requires basic economic reform, and VAT could prove a more stable source of government revenue for oil producing countries. Results from two separate ... -
Public Spending Priorities in Qatar
( SESRI , 2017 , Report)Together with previous survey findings, SESRI’s study of fiscal priorities among Qataris demonstrates the importance to citizens of healthcare and education, and to a lesser extent other sectors such as social security ... -
Qatar before the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Background: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the CRPD) is the first human rights treaty of the 21st century and the first binding instrument specifically focused on protecting persons with ... -
QATARI FEMALE MANAGERS IN A WORLD OF PATRIARCHY
( GIAP Journals , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The State of Qatar has widely sought to include women in public life and has implemented several policies in order to improve gender equality in the workforce and fair distribution of development benefits. This ... -
Reasons for Participation in Household Surveys in the Arab Gulf Countries, Qatar
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Participation in public opinion surveys in the State of Qatar is voluntary, and respondents are not offered incentives for participating. Nevertheless, rates of participation in face-to-face surveys conducted by the Social ... -
Reform of the Kafāla System: A Survey Experiment from Qatar
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)Immigration in the Arabian Gulf is governed by the kafāla (sponsorship) system, which provides the legal basis for the residency and employment of foreign workers across the region. Despite mounting economic, political ... -
Resilience and Sustainability in the Gulf Migration Regimes: Kafāla in the Era of Covid-19
( Routledge , 2023 , Article)The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has strongly reaffirmed the critical importance of labor migration to the global economy, even as it has raised questions about the temporary migration programs responsible for much of this ... -
Road traffic fatalities in Qatar Jordan and UAE
( World Health Organization , 2016 , Article)ABSTRACT Smeed’s equation is a widely used model for prediction of traffic fatalities but has been found inadequate for use in developing countries. We applied regression analysis to time-series data on vehicles, population ...