COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Youth civic engagement leads to increased engagement in education, reduced risky behaviors, and to greater civic participation in the society later in life. Nowadays, youth tend to exhibit less characteristics of citizenship compared to those from earlier generations. Civic engagement and community development can take many forms, including through youth agencies46, community work, sports, religious groups, music, drama and the arts.

The findings of the CPI Youth Survey show that more than half of youth across the selected cities do not engage in sporting activities at all, while 21% on average reported to get involved only once or twice a year. On average only 6.9% of youths get involved in sporting activities at least once every month and 5.1% do sports at least once every two months. This finding implies a very low level of sporting youth involvement across the cities.

When asked about the accessibility to the existing sports facilities, the results show that on average 26.7% of youth across the cities believe that the sports facilities are not easily accessible. On average, 42.1% think that the sports facilities are accessible to a certain extent, while 31.2% believe that the facilities are very accessible. This is especially true in cities such as Qassim, Tabuk, and Riyadh, in which sports facilities are easily accessible to over 80% of youth.