Study on the effects of social-political factors on the security feeling (case study: citizens of Ilam)

Context and This survey study intends to consider the effects of social-political factors on the security feeling of citizens of Ilam. The studied subject has been investigated as the ideas on the micro and macro levels. Then, the respective hypotheses have been extracted from these ideas. For studying the effect of social-political factors on the security feeling except contextual factors, social base, social trust, direct victimization and other variables have been used. This research has been applied based on Cochrane formula on a sample consisted of 384 citizens over 16 years old of Ilam in summer 2009 by filling the questionnaire and different tests have been applied thereon. according to the findings of this study a significant and inverse correlation exists between the age and security feeling. But a significant difference exists between security feeling of women and men. Furthermore, the relationship between education, social trust, direct victimization and security feeling was confirmed. As well as, the relationship between observing the citizenship rights by the government and security feeling has not been confirmed. The summary indicated that variables such as social trust, direct victimization, observing citizenship rights and religiousness have had relationship to some aspects of security feeling (social, political and economical aspects) means these hypotheses have been confirmed.