The Study of Hope towards the Future and its Relation with Religiosity and Socio-economic status among 18 Years and Older Residents of Yasouj City
Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly
میلاد
رِئیسیزاده
1
(دانشآموخته کارشناسی ارشد جامعهشناسی از دانشگاه یاسوج، یاسوج، ایران)
اصغر
میرفردی
2
(دانشیار گروه جامعه شناسی دانشگاه شیراز)
آرمان
حیدری
3
(استادیار گروه جامعهشناسی دانشگاه یاسوج، یاسوج، ایران)
Keywords: Iran, Attitude, religiosity, Yasouj, social-economic status, The hope towards the future,
Abstract :
The foresight is one of important issues for social scientists. This study aimed to investigate the hope towards the future and its relation with religiosity and socio-economic status among18 years and older residents of Yasouj city. Using survey method, 18 years and older residents of Yasouj was statistical society, from which based on Lin sampling method, 400 cases were determined as sample size and selected by classified random sampling method. The data were collected via a combined other administered and self-administered questionnaire. The validity and reliability of questionnaire were evaluated via face validity and Cronbach-Alpha, respectively. The dependent variable of this study was the hope towards the future and the independent variables were religiosity degree, social-economic status, family economic facilities, marital situation and gender. The results showed that the dependent variable has direct significant relationship with social-economic status, family economic facilities, and the religiosity degree. There was significant difference between the men and women's hope towards the future, but there was not significant difference between the married and single's hope towards the future. The multiple regression showed that some independent variables could explain 28.9 percentages of dependent variable variance. As a result, this study showed that the religiosity is the most important for maintaining and improving the hopeness in mentioned society.
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