Investigating attitudes of students of Islamic Azad University (District 13) towards their differences in social values with their parents on family and marriage issues

This research aims to understand the differences in the attitudes of students and parents about the family values and marriage from students' point of view. In this paper, survey and descriptive research methods are applied and a questionnaire is the tool of collecting data. The population consisted of students in departments and centers of Islamic Azad University (District 13) during academic year of 2014-2015, estimated to be 96000 students. According to research results, there exists a difference between the attitude of the students and their parents about the characteristics of a good spouse, how to select spouse, the right age of marriage, the age difference between males and females in marriage, dating before marriage, the importance of parental consent for marriage, the reception of comments and advices provided by parents after marriage, the importance of parental consent for marriage, thinking on the kinds of authority in family, importance of children in the family, desired number of children and desire to visit family members after marriage. There is no difference between students and their parents in their attitudes towards an appropriate place to live after marriage, desired children gender and women employment outside the home.