عوامل فردي و اجتماعي موثر بر مشاركت روستاييان حوزه آبخيز زرچشمه هونجان در طرح هاي آبخيزداري

Personal and Social Factors Influencing Rural Participation of Hone Janʹs Zar Cheshmeh Catchments in Watershed Management Projects

The purpose of this descriptive-correlation study was to investigate personal and social factors influencing rural participation of Hone Janʹs Zar Cheshmeh catchments in watershed management projects. A close-ended questionnaire was used to gather respondentsʹ opinions and its face validity was established by using a panel of experts consisting of senior faculty members in agriculture extension and education, irrigation and natural resources. Cronbachʹs alpha, an internal consistency measure, was used to estimate the reliability, and was found to be in acceptable range from 0.81 to 0.87. The target population of this study consisted of all rural people who lived in Hone Janʹs Zar Cheshmeh catchments (N=4989) out of which, according to Cochranʹs table, a number of 131 people were selected using statistical sampling in a simple randomization method. Finally, 127 questionnaires were gathered and analyzed (n=127). The results of Spearman test showed that there was a statistically significant positive relationship between age, social participation, social statues, the tendency for collective works, attitude toward participation, innovativeness, and social trust with their participation in watershed management projects. The results of the multivariate regression revealed that 75.7 percent of variability in rural participation in watershed management projects stems from age, social participation, attitude toward participation, innovativeness, and social trust.