ANALYSIS OF CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY IMMIGRATION OF MARRIED WOMEN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN HIGHER EDUCATION

The purpose of this study was to investigate the consequences of family immigration of ‎married women in order to obtain higher education in Tehran.‎ This study empirically examines this statement based on the folk understanding that "the geographic ‎mobility of women with their family is associated with negative consequences for themselves and ‎their families".‎ The research method is descriptive in terms of the nature of the data analysis and is a "retrospective ‎pseudo-panel" survey in terms of the method for collecting information.‎ The research population was all non-Tehran married female students who had immigrated to ‎Tehran city with their family members with the aim of obtaining higher education in Tehran, ‎Tarbiat Modarres, Shahid Beheshti, Malek Ashtar and Khajeh Nasir universities.‎ The total research population was 1300, and 300 of them were selected as sample ‎using stratified sampling method.‎ Data were gathered using researcher-made questionnaires.‎ The results of the hypothesis test showed that the family immigration did not change the level of "marital satisfaction", "acculturation" and "quality ‎of life" and the previous level of all three cases in the pre-immigration status is also "preserved" in the current ‎situation. On the other hand, the level of "attitude towards childbearing", "family cohesion" and "social ‎mobility" in the pre-immigration status is "not preserved" in the current situation and has undergone ‎a "decreasing" change. Three factors such as "type of university", "education level" and "duration of ‎attendance" in Tehran city explain the different consequences experienced by immigrant women and their families.‎