Canonical Comparison of Economic and Social Indicators and the Impact of Important Economic Indicators on Social Components in MENA Countries during the period 2010-2016

The present study evaluates the economic and social factors in 15 MENA countries during 2010-2016. In this analysis, the canonical correlation method has been used to study the unemployment rate, inflation rate, GDP, internet speed, employment rate, literacy rate, crime, addiction rate, reproduction rate and life expectancy in Mena countries. The results show canonical correlation is significant between selected economic and social indicators in MENA countries in all canonical correlation functions. Special values ​​for canonical functions are 3.33 and 0.1 for the Hotelling-Lawley Trace and the Wilks' Lambda tests, respectively. Also, the first canonical function fits 42%, the second 35% and the third 20% of the canon between economic and social indicators in Mena countries. The total fit of two first canonical functions is 77%. The equations of the standardized focal variables for economic and social indicators show in MENA countries, the higher the unemployment rate, the higher the rate of intentional crime. The increase in the unemployment rate is also affected by indicators such as the increase in inflation and the increase in the literacy rate.