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The increase in the rural population moving to the City has put pressure on the population patterns and structures especially in the City. Therefore, survival skills strategies are considered effective in dealing with negative behaviour problems among youth while helping them to face various challenges positively. Survival skills are one of the aspects that need to be taken into account in achieving the quality of life of youth in the City. Thus, this study aims to identify survival skills of urban youth in-terms of their knowledge in urban living, urban life skills, involvement in life long learning and their values as well as living culture in urban life based on gender and ethnicity. 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 0.834 to 0.929. The findings show that there is no significant difference in survival for aspects of knowledge about urban life, urban life skills, lifelong learning as well as values and culture of urban living based on gender and ethnicity. The findings also show a significant effect of interaction between gender and ethnicity of survival skills on aspects of knowledge about life, life skill, lifelong learning as well as the values and culture of living in the City. Relevant parties need to improve survival skills by planning and designing appropriate programs taking into account gender and ethnic aspects to ensure that these programs can be used in various genders and ethnicities of youth.
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To Cite this Article: Kamari, M. A. bin, & Ahmad, A. R. (2021). A Study of Urban Living Skills Among Multi- Ethnic Youth in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(3), 1047-1060.
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