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Quality of life is a problem that is often discussed by various researchers in line with the increasing population in the city today. This different concept of quality of life caused significant changes in the study of quality of life. Thus, this study aims to examine the quality of life from the perspective of youth by involving gender and ethnic differences in the city of Kuala Lumpur. This study involves the analysis of five components of quality of life, namely satisfaction with physical facilities, personal well-being, family happiness, social harmony and financial management. This study uses quantitative study design using survey method. A total of 2400 youths were selected using the stratified random sampling method. The instrument of this study is a questionnaire that has been adapted and has been referred to several experts to determine the validity of criteria, content and language. A pilot study was conducted and showed the items were at a high level of reliability with Cronbach Alpha values of 0.853 to 0.946. The findings show that there is no significant difference in quality of life for all aspects based on gender. Nevertheless, there are significant differences in quality of life based on ethnicity. The findings also show that there is no significant interaction effect between gender and ethnicity of quality of life for all aspects. Every planning that involves youth development as well as improving the quality of life, multi-ethnic factors need to be taken into account to ensure that this program can be used by all youths.
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To Cite this Article: Kamari, M. A., & Ahmad, A. R. (2021). Diversity Aspects of Life Quality in Urban Communities as Perceived by Urban Youth. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(3), 1035-1046.
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