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Introduction: Today, social tolerance is a necessary precondition for living in higher population densities with different types of cultural behavior. The purpose of this study was to measure social tolerance and its social related factors in Bandar Abbas.
Method: The research method was survey and the questionnaire was used to collect the data. The statistical population of this study included people aged 18 and over living in Bandar Abbas. According to Morgan table, there were 384 people, which was increased to 400 people as a precaution in returning the questionnaires. The samples were selected through stratified and simple random sampling. SPSS24 and Amos Graphic software were used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results showed that there is no significant relationship between the variables of gender, age, income, and education with the variable of social tolerance, but there is a significant relationship between marital status and tolerance. The results of structural equations showed that the model of the relations of the mentioned variables has an acceptable fit.
Discussion: If tolerance gives way to violence and aggression, the greatest damage will be done to the collective life of individuals and a normal society. In achieving tolerance and its very positive and necessary effects, many components such as, appropriate socialization, sense of belonging to the place of residence and the people living there, the degree of religiosity and also the role of socio-economic status of individuals are very decisive and tangible.
 

Keywords: Media consumption, Sense of belonging to the city, Socialization, Social tolerance

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