Sociological Study of the Relationship between Types of Capital and Pattern of Electricity Consumption with Emphasis on Social Development(Case Study: Urban Residents of Mazandaran Province)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

Ali Akbar  Safari ¹ (faculty of Sociology , Islamic Azad University of Babol Branch ,Babol, Iran .)
Ali  Rahmani Firoozjah ² (Department of Sociology,Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University of Babol Branch, babol, iran)
Majedeh  Gholipoor ³ (department of Sociology at Islamic Azad University of Babol Branch ,Babol, Iran)

Received: 2020-02-12 Accepted : 2020-06-08 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: social participation, Income, Social Development, Electricity Energy Consumption pattern, Social trust and Social interaction,

Abstract :

The purpose of this paper is to examine the sociological relationship between the types of capital and the pattern of electricity consumption with an emphasis on social development.Method: The research method is survey research . Statistical sample consists of 450 urban and home Subscribers of Mazandaran province who were selected by systematic cluster sampling.Findings: There is a significant relationship between individuals' cultural capital and consumption pattern, and there is a significant relationship between two indicators of social capital (social trust and social interaction) and consumption pattern. There is no meaningful relation between Social participation and consumption pattern , but there was a significant relationship between economic capital and consumption pattern.Conclusion: The amount of awareness about energy consumption has increased in urban households of Mazandaran province, but unfortunately, this awareness has not had much effect on the pattern of electricity consumption. In the last few years, according to lifestyle chang , the shape of energy consumption in families has changed. The amount and level of energy consumption, according to the paid bill, indicated high energy consumption.