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Introduction: Considering the necessity of youth social participation in achieving development, the present study examines the status of social participation among the country's youth.
Method: The research methodology was quantitative and its method was survey. The sample size included 4,000 young people aged 18 to 35 living in urban areas of the centers of 15 provinces of the country. To reach them at the level of selected areas and provinces, a combination of multi-stage cluster, proportional stratified and availability sampling methods were used.
Findings: The level of total social participation among young people is low. As about half of them had low social participation and social participation among one-third of them was high. Of course, part of the high level of total social participation is due to the relatively higher level of subjective social participation of young people than their objective social participation, which led to an increase in the proportion of their total social participation. Among the dimensions of social participation, the dimensions of assessing the society's trust in youth for social participation, social responsibility, and attitude towards participatory work are higher than the rest of the dimensions, and the lowest rates are related to the dimensions of formal social participation, volunteerism, and formal civic engagement.
Discussion: The findings indicate that despite the low level of social participation among different groups of youth, the extent of this participation has a diverse pattern, and variables such as gender, employment status, type of employment, class, and the level of development of the province determine its scope.
Method: The research methodology was quantitative and its method was survey. The sample size included 4,000 young people aged 18 to 35 living in urban areas of the centers of 15 provinces of the country. To reach them at the level of selected areas and provinces, a combination of multi-stage cluster, proportional stratified and availability sampling methods were used.
Findings: The level of total social participation among young people is low. As about half of them had low social participation and social participation among one-third of them was high. Of course, part of the high level of total social participation is due to the relatively higher level of subjective social participation of young people than their objective social participation, which led to an increase in the proportion of their total social participation. Among the dimensions of social participation, the dimensions of assessing the society's trust in youth for social participation, social responsibility, and attitude towards participatory work are higher than the rest of the dimensions, and the lowest rates are related to the dimensions of formal social participation, volunteerism, and formal civic engagement.
Discussion: The findings indicate that despite the low level of social participation among different groups of youth, the extent of this participation has a diverse pattern, and variables such as gender, employment status, type of employment, class, and the level of development of the province determine its scope.
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Received: 2025/05/8 | Accepted: 2025/10/4 | Published: 2025/10/4
Received: 2025/05/8 | Accepted: 2025/10/4 | Published: 2025/10/4
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