Social Cleavage and the factors affecting it

Social Cleavage is divisions between individuals, institutions, and social groups rooted in their interests, values, and positions. This rupture can lead to the formation of conflicting groups and social forces that give their members a collective identity. empirical evidence and some reports indicate the emergence of various social cleavages in our society. This article examines and recognizes the social cleavage, its dimensions, and its factors. The research method was a survey and the data collection tool was a questionnaire. The respondents were 527 citizens aged 15 to 75 years in 22 districts of Tehran who were randomly selected by stratified sampling and interviewed.The results show that in the first level, the highest variance was related to cultural values (0.616), religious values (0.551), and political values (0.436) and in general, the average political cleavage (2.22) was cultural cleavage (2.16) and generation cleavage (2.15) are more than other types. Groups with a reformist political identity, a strong religious identity, and a secular cultural identity are more likely to be confronted than other groups. Also, among the theoretical factors studied, the value priority factor (traditional-religious) has the most relationship with social cleavages.