The Impact of Social Capital on the Quality of Life for Farmers in Divandarreh County

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Profesor Assistant of the Institute of Technical & Vocational Higher Education of Agricultural Jihad

2 zabol university

3 tehran university

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of social capital on the quality of life for farmers in Divandarreh city. The statistical population of this study included all the farmers in Divandarreh city (N=7931). Sample number was obtained using Cochran's sampling formula (158 farmers). In order to increase the reliability of the results for this research, 180 questionnaires were distributed among farmers. 174 of the questionnaires were replied to and received. We utilized the stratified random sampling method. The main tool of the study was a questionnaire which was validated by a panel of experts. Also, its reliability was calculated by the use of Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient which was obtained α=0.78andα=0.83 for the social capital and the quality of life measures, respectively. The analysis of data was carried out by SPSSwin18 software. Results showed that the level of social capital and the quality of life among farmers was in a low level. The results of the correlation analysis showed that there was a positive and significant relationship among social capital components (cooperation and voluntary participation, collective identity, mutual cooperation, communications and responsiveness, trust, collective coherence, networks and common norms) and the quality of life. In addition, according to the results of the regression analysis, four variables can be concluded: cooperation and voluntary participation trust, and collective coherence can determine the variance of the dependent variables of the study up to 52.4 percent.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 48, Issue 3
November 2017
Pages 431-441

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