Investigating Social Capital Impact on Social Health of Rural Households

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Responsible Author and Assistant Professor of Extension, Extension and Agricultural Education Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. (r. namdar@shirazu.ac.ir)

2 MSc Student, Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

One of the basic preconditions for achieving sustainable development and the most basic criteria of welfare in any society is promoting social health.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of social capital as one of the most important social factors affecting social health in rural households, which on the one hand, measures the various dimensions of social health and, on the other hand, analyzes the relationship between this phenomenon and social capital and its dimensions. This research is a descriptive-survey study that has investigated the structural relations of social health with five dimensions based on the theoretical foundations of Keyes theory and social capital with three dimensions of Nahapiet, and Ghoshal. The statistical population included rural households (384 people) in Shiraz. To estimate the reliability of the indicators, and measuring the reliability of each indicator using the Cronbach's alpha test, the comosite reliability index of social capital and social health was calculated to a desirable level (CR=0.72 and 0.82). The results showed that factors such as age, level of education, number of household members, amount of arable land and number of training courses had a significant relationship with social health and there was a causal relationship between the components of social capital and health with desirable indicators (RMSEA=0.07). The promotion of structural, communication and cognitive indicators of social capital are effective in the development of social health indicators in the society.

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