Determinants of Social Participation of Rural WomenCase of Boyer-Ahmad County

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1 Assistant professor of Agricultural Development & Extension, Dept. of Rural Development Management, College of Agriculture, Yasouj University

2 Assistant professor of Agricultural Education &Extension Department of Rural Development Management, College of Agriculture, Yasouj University

Abstract

The purpose of this survey study was to identify factors influencing rural women's social participation in Boyer-Ahmad County, Iran. A simple cluster sampling technique was used to select a representative sample of rural women. A total of 250 rural women were interviewed with the aid of a questionnaire containing open and closed questions. Face validity was confirmed by experts, and the questionnaire was subjected to reliability testing by using data collection in the pilot study with Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.53 to 0.74. However based on the data there was a correlation between the social participation of rural women and variables relevant to women's attitude, age, social capital, education, media, level of information, and job. Social factors that include age, family number, and social capital were among important factors in forming the social participation of rural women. Furthermore, the discriminate function of hierarchical regression modeling results showed that among the variables postulated in the model; age, family number, social capital, education, level of information, and job, were the most important determinants to predict social participation of rural women. Overall, the theoretical framework of this study was able to explain 37 percent of variability in social participation of rural women

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Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological
Volume 9, Issue 3
December 2011
Pages 139-166

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