A study of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Stateless “Bidoon” Children’s Rights in Kuwait

Proceedings of The 4th Global Conference on Education and Teaching

Year: 2023

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A study of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Stateless “Bidoon” Children’s Rights in Kuwait

Dr. Laila Alkhayat

ABSTRACT: 

This study examined the Kuwaiti University students’ views about the stateless children’s rights. The study sample of —- students of Kuwait University in the State of Kuwait completed —- questions modified survey concerning their attitudes towards stateless children’s rights in Kuwait. A Likert scale was adopted and modified from —. For each item the factor analysis technique and Cronbach alpha formula were used to test validity and reliability of the scale, and total correlation was calculated. The frequency and percent used for the profile of students’ gender, faculty, grade and human rights courses taken. A t-test was used to see whether or not there was a significant difference between students’ attitude according to variables. The result found that the students showed support for the stateless “Bidoon” and their children, even though they have been stripped of their status (post-1985) by the government. There is evidence that the students did not concur with this and the students showed a high mean average feeling that stateless children should be protected from harm and any abuse.

keywords: Childhood, without-nationality, Stateless, Bidoon, Children’s rights, Early Childhood