• Annual Omnibus Survey: A survey of life in Qatar 2014 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Gengler, Justin John; Khan, Mohammad N.; Traugott, Michael; Elawad, Elmogiera Fadlallh; ... more authors ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. , 2015 , Report)
      This Executive Summary presents the highlights of the 2014 Omnibus survey, the fourth in a series of Omnibus surveys since 2010. The surveys were carried out by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) ...
    • Antecedents and consequences of perceived student employability in Qatar: parental perspective 

      El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji; Sellami, Abdellatif; Elawad, Elmogiera Fadlallh Elsaye ( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)
      The aim of this research is to examine the factors that influence parental perceptions of the image of Qatar’s national university, Qatar University. The study builds on relevant scholarship on perceptions of organizational ...
    • Antecedents and Consequences of Work-Family Conflict in Qatar 

      El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji ( Academic Research Publishing Group , 2019 , Article)
      Purpose This paper examines the effect of causal factors, such as work-life harmony, work- family conflict, co-worker and supervisor support, as well as spouse support, on workload and job stress and employee psychological ...
    • Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Jardina, Ashley; Tessler, Mark; Wittrock, Jill ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)
      Utilizing new survey data on social capital, we examine the determinants and locus of generalized trust among citizens and immigrants in Qatar, a small, heterogeneous, wealthy, and non-democratic country in which immigrants ...
    • Assessing Accuracy and Coverage of Housing Units Sampling Frame using the Post-Frame Update Survey (PFS) Method 

      Elawad, Elmogiera; Nardis, Yioryos; Agied, Mohamed ( Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies , 2017 , Article)
      Survey research using nationally representative samples is growing substantially in the rapidly developing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). However, in such countries the population and their demographic ...
    • Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women 

      Khaled, Salma M.; Kimmel, Linda; Le Trung, Kien ( BioMed Central , 2018 , Article)
      Background: The objective of the study was to determine the factorial structure and test the measurement invariance of the EAT-26 in a large probability sample of young female university students in Qatar (n = 2692), a ...
    • Association between food insecurity and quality of life among older adults (60+) in six low and middle-income countries 

      Y., Selvamani; Arokiasamy, P.; Chaudhary, Mamta ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Food insecurity is a key social determinant of health and nutrition. However, very few studies have examined the association of food insecurity and quality of life outcomes among older adults in low and middle-income ...
    • Association between health information seeking and behaviour change related to physical activity among Qatari adolescents 

      Ali, Lamees Abdullah Mohammed; Khaled, Salma M.; Alhussaini, Nour Waleed Zuhair; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E. ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)
      This study aims to assess the influence of used information sources on behaviour change related to physical activity (PA). It analyses secondary data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey conducted in ...
    • Associations between weight loss difficulty, disordered eating behaviors and poor weight loss outcomes in Arab female university students 

      Nasrallah, Catherine; Kimmel, Linda; Khaled, Salma M. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      Little is known about the impact of eating behaviors on weight management efforts among college students in non-Western settings. This study aimed to explore the relationship between eating behaviors, weight loss outcomes, ...
    • The Attitudes of Qatari Nationals and White-Collar Resident Workers Towards the New Traffic Law in Qatar 

      Elawad, Elmogiera (2012 , Conference)
      In 2007 the government of Qatar enacted a new traffic law with the objectives of improving the traffic flow and reducing the road traffic-related death and accident rates in the country through policy interventions, mass ...
    • Attitudes Toward the Coaching Profession: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Study in Qatar 

      Al-Emadi, Ahmed; Theodorakis, Nicholas; Pastore, Donna; Sellami, Abdellatif; Diop, Abdulaye ( Human Kinetics , 2018 , Article)
      The present study aimed to develop a scale for measuring Qataris’ attitudes toward coaching and their intentions towards this profession. The survey target population included Qataris who were 18 years or older and who ...
    • Attitudes towards Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar 

      Lari, Noora; Gengler, Justin; Al Thani, Maryam F.; لاري, نورة; جنغلر, جاستن; ال ثاني, مريم فهد... more authors ( Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) , 2020 , Report)
      This brief summarizes the results of a national survey of public attitudes toward female labor force participation (FLFP) – women working outside the home – in Qatar. The data come from a representative telephone poll ...
    • Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Tessler, Mark; Trung Le, Kien; Al-Emadi, Darwish; Howell, David ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2012 , Article)
      With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for their society; despite the absence ...
    • Attracting and retaining expatriates in Qatar during an era of uncertainty: Would you stay or would you go? 

      Ewers, Michael C; Shockley, Bethany ( Wiley , 2017 , Article)
      How do foreign workers navigate competing pressures when deciding to remain in a place or leave for a new destination? Here, we explore migration decision‐making across a diverse set of migrant nationalities using an ...
    • Bargaining Power: A Framework for Understanding Varieties of Migration Experience 

      Ewers, Michael C.; Gengler, Justin; Shockley, Bethany ( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2021 , Article)
      This article introduces the concept of bargaining power as a framework for understanding varieties of migration experience and behavior. We argue that migration and settlement experiences vary according to a migrant's ...
    • Barriers to formal volunteering among married Qatari youth 

      El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji; Ahmed Lari, Noora; Al Maadeed, Alyaa; Awadalla Mohamed Ali, Amal ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)
      Purpose: This paper aims to identify key factors influencing the lack of formal volunteering among married Qatari youth. Methodology: Utilizing data from the Qatar Youth Survey with a sample of 598 married individuals, ...
    • Becoming Linked In: Leveraging Professional Networks for Elite Surveys and Interviews 

      Dicce, Ryan P.; Ewers, Michael C. ( Wiley-Blackwell , 2019 , Article)
      Finding and recruiting survey and interview participants remains an important and time-consuming process for mixed methods researchers. For those operating in cross-cultural contexts, these barriers are particularly salient ...
    • Beyond vulnerability: contextualizing migrant worker views on rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab states 

      Ewers, Michael; Diop, Abdoulaye; Duma, Nathan; Le, Kien ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)
      This paper examines migrant workers' subjective views of their rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Since the announcement of the World Cup, Qatar has been roundly criticized for the living and working ...
    • Bridging a gulf between environmental attitudes and behavior: Assessment of motivating factors for the youth in Qatar 

      Al-Ali Mustafa, Semsia ( HBKU Press , 2016 , Conference)
      To this day, there is a dearth of published research on environmental awareness, attitudes and behaviour in the Arabian Gulf, and there is no systematic data regarding the value people place on the environment. Understanding ...
    • Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Stein Emil, Vollset; Ababneh, Hazim S; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbasgholizadeh, Rouzbeh; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      BackgroundFuture trends in disease burden and drivers of health are of great interest to policy makers and the public at large. This information can be used for policy and long-term health investment, planning, and ...