Social Problems among Malay Youths in Kuala Lumpur  

Oleh:

Dora, Mohd Taib ; Sidek, Safiah Mohd.

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The International Symposium on Social Sciences (TISSS) and Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society (HKICEPS) at Hongkong, December 2013, page 551-558.
Topik: Urbanisation; youth social problems; loafing; smoking; illegal racing (mat rempit); promiscuity
Fulltext: Hong Kong-Conference 90.pdf (481.6KB)

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The main focus of this study is how the process of urbanization and modernization impact the youths’ behavior. Data for this study were collected from literature review, questionnaire and interview. The interviews were conducted on 47 low-income Malay families living in a 17- storey flat at Kampung Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur. This study found that urbanization and modernization process has brought changes to the low-income Malay families. Among the changes are an increase in the number of working women (wife/mother) and the lack of parental guidance for children. Obviously, these changes have critical impacts on youths in the city and they have contributed to the increase in youths’ misconducts which among others are smoking, illegal racing (mat rempit), lesbian and transgender as well as promiscuity.

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