A comparative study of the attitudes of secondary school teachers and teachers' Hoze Elmye men to participate in family planning and social factors associated with it (case study: Shiraz)

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

حلیمه  عنایت ¹ (دانشیار بخش جامعه‌شناسی دانشگاه شیراز (نویسنده مسئول))
..  مسیحی کوشکساری ² (کارشناس ارشد جمعیت شناسی دانشگاه شیراز)

Received: 2017-04-24 Accepted : 2017-04-24 Published : 2014-11-22

Keywords: Attitude, Participation in the family planning programs, Males, Seminary, High school teacher, Parsons,

Abstract :

One of the most important issues in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is population increase regarding the increase in world’s hygiene level. Today, this increase has been controlled in the development countries while it is a fundamental issue in the developing countries. The present study seeks to do a comparative investigation into the attitude of the male seminary and high school teachers toward family planning programs. This study used the survey method. It was done in Shiraz, Iran and the instrument was questionnaires. The sample consisted of 485 participants, 325 of which were high school teachers and 160 seminary teachers. The theoretical framework used in this study is a combination of exchange theory and Parsons, Action Theory. The findings show that there is a relationship between respondent’s job and the three dimension of attitude. This indicates a significant difference between the attitudes of the two groups toward participation in family planning programs. Also, there is a significant relationship between attitude dimensions and income.