A Survey of Effective Factors on Women’s Political Participation among Female Teachers of Parsian City

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Gh zarei

Abstract

    Women’s political participation and their mobilization in the framework of organized participation have a special place in the process of sustainable development in developing countries. This research tries to scrutinize the factors impacting on women’s political participation among female teachers in Parsian city. The research method is descriptive and survey. Research population included 335 female teachers in Parsian city of which 180 teachers were selected as sample by random stratified sampling with Cochran’s formula. A researcher’s made questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire had 30 items on Likert scale. Specialists confirmed the questionnaire’s validity and its content validity was estimated as 0.68 to 0.75 and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach’s alpha as 0.76. Data was analyzed by t-test, analysis of variance and Friedman test. The research results showed that performance and programs of Ministry of Education and Training, religious beliefs and compliance with those beliefs, cultural levels of families and political trust have a meaningful impact on women’s political participation.

Keywords

• Political Participation
• Religious Obligations
• Cultural Level
• Political Trust
• Performance of Ministry of Education

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