Social Factors Affecting Democratic Family Relationships (A Case Study: Married Women in Andimeshk city)

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

eshagh arjmand ¹ , daryosh rezapour ²

1 - Department of Psychology, Andimeshk Branch, Islamic Azad University, Andimeshk, Iran
2 - Faculty member of The Department of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University (PNU),Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-12-16 Accepted : 2023-05-16 Published : 2023-07-23

Keywords: family, gender socialization, Democratic relations, Level of Education, Andimeshk,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to investigate the social factors affecting democratic relations in the family among married women in Andimeshk city. The research method is survey and the unit of analysis is the respondent and the level of analysis is micro. The sampling method is multi-stage clusters and the sample size according to Cochran's formula is 375 people. Data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire and using SPSS software for data analysis. The results showed that the level of democratic relations in the family in the respondents is relatively low and there is a significant level of inequality. There is a positive and direct relationship between the variables of religiosity, education and gender socialization with the degree of democratic relations. Regression analysis shows that 58.1% of the changes in the degree of democratic relations are related to independent variables and the variables of the degree of religiosity and the level of female education have a greater impact on the degree of democratic relations. Also the variable of gender stereotypes had the least effect on the degree of democratic relations in the family. Increasing religiosity and gender socialization increase democratic relations and greater equality of decision-making power in the family and social dimensions.

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