TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multidimensional Self-Perceived Freedom: Importance and Domain Specification
AU - Tahir, Muhammad Azam AU - Kasim, Arena Che AU - Ismail, Rozmi Bin AU - Saleem, Muhammad AU - Zakaria, Ezarina 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 10
IS  - 7
SP  - 1718
EP  - 1725
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2015.1718.1725
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2015.1718.1725
KW  - multidimensional self-perceived freedom
KW  -Exploratory study
KW  -FGD
KW  -marginalized youth
KW  -inductive thematic analysis
KW  -importance and domain specification
AB  - The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study is to specify the importance and domains in terms of multidimensional self-perceived freedom through Focus Group Discussions (FGD) conducted with marginalized Pakistani youths. In total, three homogenous FGD are conducted in which twenty eligible volunteer youths are being selected through multi-stage random sampling. As an inclusion, all youths belong to age group of 15-24 years and they are residents from three sub-districts (Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Jalalpur Peerwala) of Punjab, Pakistan that are already established least quality of life zones of Punjab. Data are audio and video tapped and transcribed carefully by veteran panel of field experts. To arrive at prudent findings, inductive thematic analysis is employed; findings are counter checked by two expert judges to avoid biases. Conclusively, importance of self-perceived freedom declared as vital part of Pakistani youth and there are ten domains come out that encompass the priority of youth in terms of freedom. Based on these findings, a questionnaire would be developed to measure the overall degree of multidimensional self-perceived freedom among youngsters.
ER  -