Correlation Analysis of the Terrorist Attacks and Social Attributes in The Gulf States

Abstract

Terrorist attacks are a significant threat to global security as they can cause a large number of deaths, economic losses, and trigger public panic. This paper focuses on the Gulf states as the survey region. This study comprehensively investigates the correlation between national-scale terrorist attacks and various potential factors in the social, political, economic, and military fields, based on the Spearman rank coefficient and gray correlation analysis. The potential factors are divided into two categories: those with a positive correlation and those with a negative correlation to terrorist attacks. The study shows a strong correlation between the adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women aged 15-19) and the occurrence of terrorist attacks. This correlation has not been previously noted in relevant studies, indicating a need for greater attention to be paid to the impact of terrorist attacks on the human rights of children and adolescents.