Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.
| N = 489 | |
|---|---|
| Variable | N (%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 224 (45.8%) |
| Female | 265 (54.2%) |
| Academic year | |
| Freshman, Sophomore or Junior | 223 (45.8%) |
| Senior | 264 (54.2%) |
| Do you support the Oct. 17 uprise? | |
| Yes | 372 (76.1%) |
| No | 117 (23.9%) |
| If you have plans for continuing your studies, where would you choose? | |
| Private university, Lebanon | 163 (36.1%) |
| Public university, Lebanon | 44 (9.8%) |
| Abroad | 213 (47.2%) |
| Other | 13 (2.9%) |
| If you have plans to start working, where would you choose? | |
| Lebanon | 181 (40.1%) |
| Abroad | 263 (58.3%) |
PS: Some values do not add up to the total N because of missing values.
An additional chi-square analysis showed that those who supported the socio-political uprise were more likely than others to seek opportunities abroad than to stay in Lebanon, whether for education (X2 = 16.781, p < 0.001) or work (X2 = 16.781, p < 0.001).