Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Social Policies on Trust and Social Participation of Citizens (Case of Study: Insured Persons covered by Social Security, Alborz Province)

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Mohammad Khodabandelou ¹ , Majedeh Golipour ² , Ali Rahmani Firouzjah ³

1 - Ph.D. Student of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran
3 - Associate Professor of Sociology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

Received: 2022-08-15 Accepted : 2022-10-15 Published : 2022-09-01

Keywords: social policies, trust and social participation,

Abstract :

This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the impact of the implementation of social policies on the level of trust and social participation of citizens among the insured persons covered by social security in Alborz province. This study is considered as a descriptive research considering the non-manipulation of variables and only examining the relationships between them, and as a survey research in terms of the method used, and a questionnaire was used to collect data. The statistical population includes the insured persons and retirees of the social security organization in Alborz province, with an approximate number of 692,000 people. The obtained sample size, 382 people, was determined using Cochran's formula, and the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed during the research process. In this study, the implementation of social policies, including government policies in the fields of employment, marriage, housing, education, health and social security, was considered as an independent variable, and the extent of its impact on increasing trust and social participation of citizens was considered as a dependent variable. The results of this study, analysis and its compliance with the theoretical foundations of research, while confirming the main hypotheses, showed that the implementation of social policies by the government has a positive and significant effect on improving the trust and participation indicators of citizens.