Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Economic and Development Sociology Ph.D student, Faculty of Humanities, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran.
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2. Assistant Professor of Sociology Department, Faculty of Humanities, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran. (Corresponding Author and Advisor
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Department, Faculty of Humanities, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran. (Advisor)
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Department, Faculty of Humanities, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran. (Advisor)
Abstract
The present research’s main purpose was to study the effects of religiousness on the flourishing of talents and the women’s role-playing in a sustainable urban development. The research’s theoretical framework was a combination of the theories by Durkheim, Berger, Maslow and the theory of social capacity.
The research was conducted as a survey using a researcher-made questionnaire based on a structured sampling plan among women over 20 years old. Cluster and disproportionate classification methods were used for sampling to select 392 individuals. The results showed that "religiousness" with the regression coefficients of 0.24 and 0.27 had significant effects on "women's role in urban development" and “urban development talents,” respectively. The results also showed that the two variables in the research explain about 30% of the variance of the variable "women's role in urban development".
Therefore, the results confirmed the fact that strengthening religiousness may lead to the improvement of women’s talents in urban development and promote their roles in these activities, which will benefit women, their families, and society altogether.
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