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- Title
ГРАЖДАНСКАТА АНГАЖИРАНОСТ НА СЕЛСКАТА МЛАДЕЖ: ИЗСЛЕДВАНЕ НА СЛУЧАЯ В ОБЩИНИТЕ ПЕТРИЧ И САНДАНСКИ (РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛАРИЯ)
- Authors
Стойкова, Петрана
- Abstract
Data from the official censuses in Bulgaria over the last 110 years clearly show the dynamic change towards urbanization (as a continuous process of increasing the number, the role and the size of cities) in the country. According to Eurostat data as of 2018, a steady tendency of rural areas depopulation and migration of citizens to the major cities is observed in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian village has to deal with a large number of difficulties. They are a particular challenge for the rural youth. The civic engagement of young people is one of the main prerequisites for overcoming some of the most important problems in the village and its longer life. The analysis of the civic engagement among rural youth is made on the basis of a non-representative quantitative survey entitled „Village life and challenges facing young people“. This research was conducted within the framework of the project „We, the young people can do“, performed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the NGO „BECAUSE WE CAN“. The object of the study are the young people between the ages of 15 and 29, whose permanent residence is in one of the villages in the municipalities of Petrich and Sandanski. The sample consists of 98 people and the period of the field survey is dated from 01.12.2019 to 22.12.2019. The questionnaire contains open, closed and semi-open questions. After the logical inspection and the primary information coding, the data were processed and analyzed with the SPSS program. About two thirds of the young people included in the survey (65,3%) are village residents in the municipality of Petrich - Rupite village, Starchevo village, Karnalovo village, Mihnevo village, Kavrakirovo village, Parvomay village, Belasitsa village, Kolarovo village, Yavornitsa village, Skrut village, Gabrene village, Drangovo village, Topolnitsa village, Marino pole village and Marikostinovo village, and the rest (34,7%) of them live in villages located in the municipality of Sandanski - Karlanovo village, Novo Delchevo village, Damyanitsa village, Levunovo village, Polenitsa village, Katuntsi village, Sklave village, Lebnitsa village, Struma village, Ploski village and General Todorov village. The average age of the respondents is 23,7 years. From them, 52% are men and 48% are women. In general, the educational structure of the two municipalities corresponds to the typical lower education level for the Bulgarian villages – 22,1% from the respondents, who mentioned the degree of their education, have a higher educational degree; 53,7% have completed secondary education; 21% have a primary-school education, and 3,2 % have lower than a primary education (3.1% have not answered the question). Considering the largest ethnic group in the two municipalities - the Bulgarian one, the sample includes mostly young people of a Bulgarian origin – 90,8%, 3,1% identified themselves as Turks and 6,1% as Roma. The summarized data show a potential for developing the civic engagement and activity of the young people, but a tendency of increasing the villages depopulation in both municipalities can also be observed. The need for higher political and legal awareness of the rural youth participating in the survey can be additionally taken into account.
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 38, Issue 5, p1165
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article