سوسيولوجيا التكيف مع الأزمات الاقتصادية : استراتيجيات الأسرة السعودية في التعامل مع التضخم الاقتصادي

Abstract EN

Using data collected from two hundred and forty three cases in Jeddah City in the year 2010, this study examines strategies by which Saudi families in Jeddah City deal with economic inflation.

Statistical analysis reveals significant differences between two categories of strategies: rationalizing expenditure versus increasing income, and internal factors versus external factors.

Results show that families depend heavily on the factor of expenditure and are self-reliance in the face of economic inflation, which is consistent with the literature.

These findings highlight the principle of sociological theories explaining ways by which individuals adapt to difficult conditions as well as broaden our view of the continuing significance of families' ability to adjust to sudden economic changes through rational economic behavior and utilization of available social networks.

The findings also signal the importance of developing multi strategies that are thorough and long term based.