Hadir Farag Abo Elazm

Hadir Farag Abo Elazm is a statistical researcher graduated from Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, Egypt (2007).she got her master degree in statistics in 2017 and it is about Happiness among Egyptian Youth. She has more than 10 years experience in household survey data analysis, Children's situations analysis, demographic statistics and Sub-national health accounts.

Papers Published in World Economics:

Measuring Happiness Among Egypt’s Youth

Authors: Heba Farida Ahmed Fathy El-laithy, Dina Magdy Armanious & Hadir Farag Abo Elazm

This article aims to assess happiness among young people aged 18–29 years in 2009 and 2014, using a multidimensional Happiness Index among Youth (HIY), based on the Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE). Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis are applied to examine the robustness and efficiency of the index. A multinomial model is used to study the main determinants of happiness among young people. The main results of the study are that young men are happier than young women. The educational level of the head of household has a positive, significant effect on happiness.

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