Designing Index and Measuring Religious Social Capital based on the Position Generator

Ezzati, Morteza; Baghcheghii, Marzieh

Designing Index and Measuring Religious Social Capital based on the Position Generator

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¹ faculty member of Tarbiat Modarres University

² M.A. student of Tarbiat Modarres University

Abstract

One of the challenges in studies about religion is the lack of valid measures for determining religious characteristics. Although some attempt has been made for this purpose, but, considering religion as a capital is less seen in the existing measures. In this article it is attempted to design a measure for evaluating religious social capital based on scientific principles and global means. To estimate the accuracy of its analysis, it was used for measuring the religious social capital of the PhD students of Tarbiat Modarres University in four faculties including Humanities, Economics and Management, Engineering and Medical Sciences. In this research first the measure was designed and then a questionnaire provided by the Position Generator method[1] was distributed among the PhD student. Data analysis was performed through regression techniques and analytical methods. Findings of this research show that the availability of religious social capital sources is greater for male married students of humanities including economics and managements.

[1]. The Position Generator Instrument (Lin & Dumin, 1986; Lin, Fu, and Hsung, 2001) is currently the most often used survey instrument for the measurement of individual social capital.

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