Trends of the Citizens of Mafraq Governorate towards the Causes of Economic Poverty

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the attitudes of the citizens of Mafraq Governorate towards the economic causes of poverty. The study sample consisted of 408 participants representing (0.14%) of the population of the study, were selected  randomly  .  To achieve the goal of the study, a questionnaire consisted of 56 items is used.  Data were collected and analyzed using (SPSS). The study relied on the analytic and descriptive approach. Results showed the attitudes of Mafraq Governorate’s citizens towards the economic causes of poverty were high with a mean ( 4.02 – 5.00) in terms of "high prices compared to the family income", "low level of income", "lack of job opportunities because  of favoritism and nepotism", " high prices in the market"," the disparity and inequality in fortune distribution and production resources" and "the stumbling of economic development programs". In light of study’s results , the researcher provides  a number of scientific and practical recommendations.

The study aimed to identify the trends of the citizens of Mafraq Governorate about the causes of economic poverty, may be members of the population of the study (408) of the study population and representing a rate of (0.14%) of the nearly study population, were chosen in a manner random sample relative, but the purpose of the study was the use of a questionnaire Head of the referendum as a psychometric tool, and trends of the questionnaire (56), paragraph, and after data collection and discharged processed using the statistical program for Social Sciences (SPSS), and used the descriptive analysis and deductive methods in order to determine the extent of substantial differences. Study the following results showed: that the citizens of trends Mafraq Governorate about the causes of economic poverty (high) reaching the arithmetic average of the respondents (4.02: 5.00) in terms of "high prices compared to the family income," "low level of income," "lack of job opportunities because favoritism and nepotism "," high prices in the market "," the disparity and inequality in wealth distribution and production resources, "and" economic development programs stumble, "in light of the results of this study have been drafting a number of scientific and practical recommendations.