The role of social capital in household waste management by women (Case study: Women living in Sirjan city)

The best solution today To face waste challenges include strengthening social resources and human capital, including housewives who spend most of their time at home playing a very effective role in environmental issues and household waste management. Understanding this is important current study has been done with the aim of Identification the role of social capital in household waste management by women. For this study, the survey method has been used. The statistical population includes women living in Sirjan. Using random cluster sampling method, 384 people were randomly selected as the sample. To determine the sample size of The cochran's formula was used. To collect research data of the researcher-made questionnaire was used. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed, Research data were analyzed using Pearson correlation tests and structural modeling in Lisrel and SPSS statistical software. The results showed that the relationship between social capital and its components is social trust, social participation, social security, social norms and social cohesion with Household waste management has a positive and significant relationship. Accordingly, one of the factors that can be effective in household waste management is social capital management.