The Impact of Family on Women’s Political Participation
Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society
Fatemeh GHolabi
1
(استادیار جامعه شناسی دانشگاه تبریز)
فتانه Hajilo
2
(پژوهشگر موسسه تحقیقات اجتماعی دانشگاه تبریز و دانشجوی دکتری جامعه شناسی دانشگاه اصفهان)
Keywords: family, Women, Political Participation, Individual Seeking Participation, Parents’ Seeking Participation,
Abstract :
Like any society that is in transition or that is developing, Iranian society relies upon women’s participation as half of the active members of society, in various fields. Since the family is the first and most important socialization agent, its impacts on participation can affect the level of women’s participation, including their political participation. Through discussions and conversations at home, children become familiar with the values and attitudes of their parents and, in this way, the parents’ interest or apathy in political issues is expressed. Therefore, it seems that family situation and social position influences people’s level of political participation. This paper is based on the results of an extensive survey which was carried out at East Azerbaijan province, among women 18 to 64 years. The sample size was 1074 people. The sampling method is multi-stage clustering and the data was gathered through questionnaires. The results show that the parents of respondents have medium or higher tendency toward political participation and also participate in various associations. Results of correlation tests between the independent and dependent variables show that parents’ tendency to political participation has influences on respondents activity in associations and eventually influences on the overall level of political participation.