Qualitative Methodology: Survey of Lifestyle of Albanian Youth in Macedonia

Abstract

In the time when culture is becoming more powerfully consumed, changes are being made fast and radical in every segment of society, life styles are being more visible, more distinct and much more intriguing even for methodologists, who, more and more, for the research treatments have styles of living and methods and new methodology strategies. Sociology as a social science, through social context, follows the changes, explains trends and tries to understand the structure of social reality. This research represents a preliminary effort of the insight of understanding and essence of life style of the youth generation of albanians in Macedonia, phenomena and process of living in global conditions, a little or not at all explored in our areas. In this work is examined the usage of quantitative methodology, through ethnographic access and talking technique (deep life interview), in the context of researching the interdependence of life style and free time, physical activity and everyday life of the albanian youth generation from Macedonia. The research firstly claims to offer answers for the importance of physical activity in the life style of elderly, and secondly, could the material status, educational degree, marital status affect in the living style of albanian youth show high scale. Without any doubt, albanian youth show high scale of interest and motivation for physical activity and healthy life style, as they highlight physical activity and sport as their basic postulate for the healthy life. The research has shown that sport and physical activity, to the albanian youth generation from Macedonia, neither closely pursue life style trends. The results from this research suggest a multidimensional access of studying the life style of the youth generation of albanians in Macedonia, because they are less, they impose further researches.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n2p294