Investigating the political participation of women over 18 in Ahvaz

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

Hossein Hagipour ¹ (Department of Sociology, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran.)
Yousef amini ² (Faculty Member, Department of Sociology, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran)
manouchehr kordzanganeh ³ (Faculty Member, Department of Sociology, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran)

Received: 2021-06-26 Accepted : 2022-10-09 Published : 2022-10-23

Keywords: Social Capital, Political Trust, Women's Political Participation, socioeconomic status, ethnic identity,

Abstract :

Abstract
Introdduction: The political participation of women in Ahvaz is an important issue due to its ethnic diversity and geopolitical position in Khuzestan province. Therefore, it seems necessary to study the political participation of women in the voting age (over 18 years) in Ahvaz.
Materials and Methods: To achieve the objectives of this study, four categories of integrated theories related to political participation were used: 1- Lack of women's political participation 2- Women's movement in the West and political participation 3- Women's movement in Islamic countries and Iran 4- Samuel Huntington's institutional theory. The statistical sample of the present study is equal to 200 women over the age of 18 living in the city of Ahvaz and has been obtained using the Cochran's formula. In this study, the multi-stage cluster sampling method has been used. Research data of this research have been collected in a survey using a questionnaire. Also, SPSS software was used to analyze the data of this research.
Findings: The Five independent variables of this study are social capital, political trust, socio-economic status, ethnic identity, the use of mass media. The findings show that the five independent variables used in this study with the variable Research dependents have a positive and significant relationship.
Conclusion: The higher the women of the statistical research community have social capital, political trust and socio-economic status, as well as have a strong ethnic identity and use more mass media, the more political participation they will have in society

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