Abstract
Objective: The objective of the present study was to conduct a sociological analysis of the social and cultural factors affecting the tendency to wear the hijab among female undergraduate students at the Islamic Azad University of Babol Branch.
Method: The method of the present study was a descriptive survey of the correlation type. The statistical population of the study was female undergraduate students at the Islamic Azad University of Babol Branch in 1403, numbering (1093), of which 284 were selected as the sample size based on the multi-stage cluster sampling method and according to the Cochran formula. In order to collect data, two questionnaires with 86 questions on social and cultural factors affecting the tendency to wear the hijab (researcher-made) and a questionnaire with 17 questions on the tendency to wear the hijab were used. The validity and reliability of these were measured as 0.93, 0.90, 0.91, and 0.89, respectively. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS and LISREL computer software.
Findings: The results of data analysis show that there is a significant relationship between social factors affecting the tendency to wear hijab among female undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch. There is a significant relationship between cultural factors affecting the tendency to wear hijab among female undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University, Babol Branch. Conclusion: From a sociological perspective, hijab is formed in a context of social relations in which the framework, women's issues have cultural, social, political and economic dimensions as well as religious, spiritual, status, personality and behavioral components that can be examined from different paradigms and perspectives.