The family economy and its relationship to social alienation among the elderly A field study in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Socioligy and Social Work – College of Arabic Language and Social Studies Qassim University – Saudi Arabia

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This study aimed to determine the relationship of the family to the elderly’s injury to the appearance of social alienation of social isolation in terms of their economy. To achieve this, the study relied on the sample social survey method. villages, and 45% of the city itself in Al-Ahsa Governorate that includes those places, and the data were processed using statistical tests (average percentages, and the Razgol relationship test).
The study reached several results, the most important of which are:
            The presence of ritual social alienation among the elderly, which is specific to social isolation, which means that the elderly gives up what he wants and submits to the order of his family due to his lack of activity and vitality, the deterioration of his health condition, and the weakness of his relationships with others. It was found through testing the inferential smetatistical analysis of the relationship (Std.Residual) that the elderly suffer from social alienation by rebelling against his family, and the reality surrounding him by introducing methods that may not be appropriate for his age or his society, regardless of the economic factor of the family, whether it is low, medium or high.
 

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Journal of Qena Faculty of Arts
Volume 32, Issue 61
October (Social Sciences)
October 2023
Pages 61-102

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