The study of socio-demographic variables on youths’ patriotism using non-experimental design

• Main Authors: Basir, Siti Norayu Mohd, Ismail, Fauziah, Hassan, Junainor, Othman, Noor Zeita
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Data analysis; Demographic variables; Design of experiments; Minority & ethnic groups; Patriotism; Random sampling; Sampling methods; Sociodemographics
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0118131

The objectives of this study is to examine sociodemographic as variables of youth patriotism tendencies in Malaysia. The total population was 3107 while the sample was 351 which was selected through simple random sampling method (N=351). This survey study used a questionnaire constructed using adaptations from previous studies. Study findings were analysed using T-Test and ANOVA to obtain and compare mean values. In general from the 351 respondents, 29.1% of the respondents were male youth compared to 70.9 % of female youth. Respondents aged less than 20 years were 15.7 %, 21 to 22 years was 65.8 %, 23 to 25 years was 17.9 % and 26 to 28 years was 0.6 per cent. Almost half of the respondents are Malays (44.4%) Chinese (9.5%), India (4.4%) and other ethnic groups (4.1%). Therefore, Muslim respondents also showed a higher percentage than other religions (45.9%). The results of data analysis show that there is a significant difference between the tendency of patriotism with gender, ethnicity, religion and parental employment.