Family Power Structure in Working and Non-Working Women Comparing Influential Factors

This paper studies factors influencing power structure of the family in working and non-working married women in the city of Boukan. The independent variables were extracted from the theoretical framework of research (resource theory, exchange theory, conflict) in the form of inference and eight hypotheses are proposed. Two samples each of the size of 70 individuals were selected to investigate the statistical community. In the selection of the first sample of married women, according to the criteria considered, a number of methods were used for all. Yet in the selection of the second sample of non-employed married women; in accordance with the broader extent of the community, a multi-stage cluster sampling was used. The data of the family power structure were collected from a researcher-designed questionnaire and analyzed by the SPSS software. For proportional measurements of variables, descriptive statistics (frequency, percent and percent density, etc.) and inferential statistics (test t, and regression analysis) were used. The results confirmed the research assumptions that the family power structure between employed non-employed married women is different. In the families of employed women, independent variables of woman’s education, woman’s income and couple’s ownership affected power structure of families statistically. While in families of non-employed women two variables of “husband’s education” and “marriage duration of couples” were most significant in description of power structure.