Determinants of Social Inclusion Among Youth in Algeria: Unemployment, Poverty, Migration, Delinquency, Drugs, And Suicide as Explanatory Variables

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the determinants of youth social integration in Algeria through a sociological approach that explains the relationship between several structural social phenomena such as unemployment, poverty, migration (including irregular migration), deviance, drug abuse, and suicide. The study is based on the assumption that these phenomena are not merely individual behaviors, but rather the outcome of structural dysfunctions within the social, economic, and cultural system, including unequal wealth distribution, weak social justice, rapid economic transformations, and the decline in the effectiveness of social control institutions.
The study further shows that the interaction of these factors leads to a decline in youth opportunities for professional and social integration, pushing some young people toward withdrawal or deviant behaviors such as illegal migration, drug use, or even suicide. The study concludes that addressing youth integration requires comprehensive policies that integrate economic, social, and cultural dimensions, while strengthening youth participation in public life and reinforcing social protection mechanisms.