Investigating the Relationship between Social Insecurity Feeling and Civic Responsibility Evasion

Sense of commitment and responsibility is one of the necessary requirements for the realization of citizenship, as there is a duty and task vis-à-vis citizenship rights for citizens. Unfortunately, having gone through society and observing citizens’ behavior in performing citizenship duties, we experience the growth of civic responsibility evasion, which is also interpreted as circumvention, sharpness and shrugging off the assigned tasks. This issue is of high importance particularly in man-made disasters, urban issues, citizens’ contribution, social development and urban management. In 2020, the present study has been conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between the levels of social insecurity and civic responsibility evasion among Tehrani citizens.

The survey and data collection was performed using a researcher-made questionnaire technique and through performing cluster sampling method among 18+ Tehrani citizens. Using Cochran's sampling formula, the statistical sample size was estimated at 384; however, due to the pandemic conditions of the corona virus at the time of conducting the study and the existing restraints, data was collected and analyzed in SPSS via 356 questionnaires.

Descriptive findings indicated that the level of civic responsibility evasion by citizenship among those who filled in the questionnaires is above average. Also, the level of social insecurity feeling was reported above the average level. There is significant relationship between social insecurity feeling, citizens’ awareness and education; with the degree of civic responsibility evasion. The results of the research path model shows that social insecurity feeling (with a coefficient of 20%), the level of citizenship awareness (with a coefficient of -24%) and education (with a coefficient of -0.23%) are among the factors impacting the level of responsibility evasion by citizens.