The Impact of Social and Cultural Capital on Attitude toward Divorce Among people aged 21-50 years living in Kerman

This study investigates the impact of social and cultural capital on attitudes toward divorce among 50- to 21-year-olds living in Kerman, Iran. The statistical population of the present study consists of individuals aged 21-50 years living in Kerman city with a population of 303303 at the 2016 census. A sample of 400 was selected by random sampling. Kinnair and Gerrard Divorce Attitude Scale (ADS) and researcher-made questionnaires were used to measure social capital and demographic factors. Pearson correlation test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and independent samples t-test were used to test the research hypotheses. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between social and cultural capital with a positive attitude toward divorce, meaning that respondents who had more social and cultural capital had a more positive attitude toward divorce.However, among the social capital dimensions, the social participation variable was confirmed, but the social trust and social membership variables were not validated and rejected, and among the cultural capital dimensions, the objective cultural capital variable was confirmed and the other two variables. That is, the institutionalized and embodied cultural capital was rejected. Also demographic variables, two variables of education level and income level were confirmed and showed that there is a significant and direct relationship with positive attitude to divorce.