Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)

Nowadays with the development of media use in the daily life, we are witnessing the formation of new generation with new lifestyles. In this modern world, there are different lifestyles, which has been of interest to scholars because attention to this issue arising from the social and cultural devel...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Badsar, Soheila Fathi, Rohollah Rezaei, Hossein Shabanali Fami
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Published: University of Sistan and Baluchestan 2017-06-01
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Online Access:https://gdij.usb.ac.ir/article_3186_2d2fd18ef9f5076cfc0d5be99312478f.pdf
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author Mohammad Badsar
Soheila Fathi
Rohollah Rezaei
Hossein Shabanali Fami
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description Nowadays with the development of media use in the daily life, we are witnessing the formation of new generation with new lifestyles. In this modern world, there are different lifestyles, which has been of interest to scholars because attention to this issue arising from the social and cultural developments that has specified the contribution of each women and men in different areas. The lifestyle of men and women in the context of the modern world has been faced with a lot of changes. Thus the aim of this study was to gender analysis of lifestyle and its influencing factors among villagers of Zanjan Township which is conducted through a survey method. The population of this study consisted of rural residents in Zanjan Township (active population of 10 years and above) that by using Bartlett et al., (2001) Table, 250 respondents were selected and data were collected using a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS20 and AMOS20 soft wares. The results showed that the relationship between the media environment and lifestyle was positive but non-significant for men (β-0.020, ρ-0.827) where this relationship was negative and significant for women (β-0.405, ρ-0.008). Therefore the moderation effect of gender on the relationship between media and lifestyle is confirmed. Also, the results show that the social environment has a significant positive effect on the life style for both men (β-0.331, ρ-0.000) and women (β-0.335, ρ-0.030) that due to the same direction and significant of the relationship for both groups the moderator assumption of gender on this relation is not confirmed.In addition, this results about the effect of the economic environment on the lifestyle for women and men showed that the effect of the economic environment on the lifestyle for men was positive and significant (β-0.365, ρ-0.000) but for women was non-significant (β-0.127, ρ-0.361), that in this relationship also due to its significance for one group but insignificant for other,  the assumption of gender moderating on the relationship between these two variables is approved.
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spelling doaj.art-2948401f18c24e81a91c9aa71898aba42023-06-13T20:21:49ZfasUniversity of Sistan and Baluchestanجغرافیا و توسعه1735-07352676-77912017-06-01154710513010.22111/gdij.2017.31863186Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)Mohammad Badsar0Soheila Fathi1Rohollah Rezaei2Hossein Shabanali Fami3استادیار گروه ترویج، ارتباطات و توسعه روستایی، دانشگاه زنجاندانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد توسعه روستایی، دانشگاه زنجاندانشیار گروه ترویج، ارتباطات و توسعه روستایی، دانشگاه زنجاندانشیار گروه ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی، دانشکده اقتصاد و توسعه کشاورزی، دانشگاه تهرانNowadays with the development of media use in the daily life, we are witnessing the formation of new generation with new lifestyles. In this modern world, there are different lifestyles, which has been of interest to scholars because attention to this issue arising from the social and cultural developments that has specified the contribution of each women and men in different areas. The lifestyle of men and women in the context of the modern world has been faced with a lot of changes. Thus the aim of this study was to gender analysis of lifestyle and its influencing factors among villagers of Zanjan Township which is conducted through a survey method. The population of this study consisted of rural residents in Zanjan Township (active population of 10 years and above) that by using Bartlett et al., (2001) Table, 250 respondents were selected and data were collected using a questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS20 and AMOS20 soft wares. The results showed that the relationship between the media environment and lifestyle was positive but non-significant for men (β-0.020, ρ-0.827) where this relationship was negative and significant for women (β-0.405, ρ-0.008). Therefore the moderation effect of gender on the relationship between media and lifestyle is confirmed. Also, the results show that the social environment has a significant positive effect on the life style for both men (β-0.331, ρ-0.000) and women (β-0.335, ρ-0.030) that due to the same direction and significant of the relationship for both groups the moderator assumption of gender on this relation is not confirmed.In addition, this results about the effect of the economic environment on the lifestyle for women and men showed that the effect of the economic environment on the lifestyle for men was positive and significant (β-0.365, ρ-0.000) but for women was non-significant (β-0.127, ρ-0.361), that in this relationship also due to its significance for one group but insignificant for other,  the assumption of gender moderating on the relationship between these two variables is approved.https://gdij.usb.ac.ir/article_3186_2d2fd18ef9f5076cfc0d5be99312478f.pdflifestylegender analysismedia environmentsocial environmenteconomical environment
spellingShingle Mohammad Badsar
Soheila Fathi
Rohollah Rezaei
Hossein Shabanali Fami
Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)
جغرافیا و توسعه
lifestyle
gender analysis
media environment
social environment
economical environment
title Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)
title_full Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)
title_fullStr Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)
title_short Environmental Factors Influencing on Gender Analysis of the Lifestyle (Case Study: Zanjan Township Villagers)
title_sort environmental factors influencing on gender analysis of the lifestyle case study zanjan township villagers
topic lifestyle
gender analysis
media environment
social environment
economical environment
url https://gdij.usb.ac.ir/article_3186_2d2fd18ef9f5076cfc0d5be99312478f.pdf
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