The Study of The Extent of Social Capital Among High School Teachers In Ilam Province

This research investigates the extent of social capital and its indices among teachers in Ilam province. The Social capital indices which is developed and referred to in this study were social trust, social norms and social networks drawn from the study of the current literature and the social capital theories. The research method used was survey. Stratified proportional to size sampling was used to select 350 teachers for the study. SPSS and Lisrel softwares were run to analyze the data. The statistical techniques applied for the analysis of the data were independent T. Test, One-way ANOVA, Scheffee Test and Correlation Coefficient. The findings of the study show that in a 5 point likert scale questionnaire, the participants’ social capital was 2.9, their social trust was 3.2,the social norms was 2.8 and the social networks was 2.7.The average of the extent of the indices measured in the study was higher among teachers at primary school compared with their junior high school and high school counterparts. The analysis of the data testing the hypotheses of the study, further showed that there is a significant difference between the extent of the indices measured in the study among teachers at primary school and their junior high school and high school counterparts. The results also revealed that there is a significant difference between male and female participants of the study and the average extent of the social capital was higher among female teachers than the male teachers. The relationship among age, education degree and social capital was found to be significant.