Effective Factors on Women's Social Capital in the Multi- Cultivate and Farmhouse Systems

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular

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1 Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine Effective factors on Social capital women in the the Multi- Cultivate and Farmhouse systems. The population for the study was 740 women of in the west of Iran (Hamadan Province). A sampling randomization resulted (Bartlett’s table) in a sample of 254 participants from the population. A survey questionnaire was constructed and used to collect data from randomly selected students and were analyzed by SPSS and Excel software’s. The results show that there are Significant differences between Social capital components in both systems. According to Leven test (<0.05) and Equality of variances, the family system is intercropping component of a sense of security and trust, valuing the life and capacity of differences among women, But in farmhouse system, more than components of friendship and family relationships, neighborhood associations, participation in local community and activism among women. In addition, the results of path analysis indicated that 0.61% of the social capital changes explain variables such as work experience, education, income and ownership of the land mass media. That is most effective education and mass media in increasing social capital among women.

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