Factors affecting citizens' awareness of the concept of citizenship rights

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty member of Payame Noor University

2 FACULTY MEMBER

3 Assistant Professor of Geography, Payame Noor University, Iran

4 M.A

Abstract

Citizens' rights are a set of duties and responsibilities of individuals, city and government, including political, civil, social, cultural and gender rights. So, the present study was an investigation into citizens' level of awareness of the concept of citizenship rights (a case study of citizens over 18 in Khormoj city).The survey method is through a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population consisted of citizens over 18 years of age living in Khormoj city in 1995. The sample size is 381 people selected by random sampling method. Validity and reliability were obtained through Cronbach's alpha and formal validity. Also, SPSS software was used to analyze the results of the research data. The results show that there is not a significant relationship between the ground variables and knowledge of citizenship rights; however, there is a significant relationship between the variables of mass media, civil rights, political rights, social rights, social participation and knowledge about citizenship rights (P <0.001) and with 99% confidence.

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