Family Changes in Iranian Kurdistan: A Mixed Methods Study of Mangor and Gawerk Tribes

• Authors: Ahmad Mohammadpur , Juliet Corbin , Rasoul Sadeghi , Mehdi Rezaei
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Over the last few decades, the Iranian Kurdish society, including family and kin¬ship systems, has experienced enormous changes as a result of government im-plemented modernization efforts. This paper reports the results of a quantitative/ qualitative mixed methods study aimed at exploring (a) the nature of change in family and kinship systems and (b) how people understand and interpret these changes. The sample for this study was drawn from the Mangor and Gawerk tri¬bes residing in the Mahabad Township located in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Using standardized questionnaires, 586 people were sampled as part of the quantitative portion of the study. For the qualitative portion, data was collected on 20 people using both in-depth interviews and participant observations. The quantitative data was analyzed by SPSS software and the qualitative data was in¬terpreted using grounded theory procedures. The quantitative findings showed that the urbanization, modern education, and mass media have all contributed to the emergence of a new form of family and kinship life. In addition, while sup¬porting quantitative findings, the qualitative results revealed that participants were aware of and sensitive to sources, processes, and effects of modernization on their family and kinship life.

Keywords

EN

Family Changes; Modernization; Mixed Methods Research; Grounded Theory; Mangor and Gawerk Tribes

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 76-96

Contributors

author

Ahmad Mohammadpur

• University in Hamedan, Iran

author

Juliet Corbin

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Rasoul Sadeghi

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Mehdi Rezaei

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