Life of Young Syrians Post-Conflict
TYPICAL STATEMENTS FROM SYRIA
H13. What would you like your life to look like in 10 years?
To have a stable job/ that my partner/my kids/my husband find employment
(39%)
"To have work and be in a good health and psychological state, and not to be
frustrated and to also have money / to have my own business and a happy family."
Better future/ better life (20%)
"I hope that my life would be better than what it currently is, and that life in Syria in
general would get better” / “I hope that my life would be better"
Resume my education (18%)
"I wish to continue my studies and to travel to a European country” / “I hope to obtain a
university degree and find a good job with a steady income"
Stable life / personal stability (17%)
"To settle down and have a happy life" / "living in stability and security, a stable and
comfortable living conditions"
Married/ have a partner (16%)
"To start a family and have kids, to own a house and a private business" / "to get
married and start a family and have kids and to overcome the financial difficulties"
To have financial stability (13%)
"Good income to support the family and to live in better conditions and provide the
basic necessities for living and to be successful at work / to become economically self-
sufficient, self-reliant, have a good job and a decent life"
That Syria returns to its old beautiful self (12%)
"For the situation in the country to get better and to end this crisis" / "For Syria to return
to its previous state before 2011"
To have kids (11%)
"To have a stable private business - To have a family consisting of a boy and a girl"
Improved living situation / better living status (9%)
"That the conditions improve in general and life become so much easier" / "that the
living conditions would improve, the people who left return to me and my mother is
healed"
To have a home (9%)
"To have my own home and become financially stable and comfortable"
Everything needed will be available (8%)
"To be able to secure basic needs and have a good financial situation"
Happy (8%)
"Happy, financially stable, and mentally at ease/ to live happily and have peace of
mind"
Not to face difficulties / problems / comfortable (8%)
"To feel reassured in general and to have a job and a happy family” / “peace of mind
and psychological stability, and to have better finances than now"
To have my family beside me (8%)
"To be reunited with my family and to enjoy safety again and feel at ease"
Live in safety / security (8%)
"That I would feel safe, and that the situation in general would improve and I find a
suitable job"
Good financial status/good financial situation (7%)
"Improve the economic situation, secure work and start a family" / "I hope that my
financial situation would be better and that I get married and have children"
Good spirits /morale/ mentally at ease (4%)
"Better on the psychological and professional levels, to have an independent work and
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