Sociological Analysis of the Effects of Five-Year Development Programs on the Family Institution: Emphasizing its Harms

considering that we are on the verge of drafting the 7th development plan, it is important to examine and analyze past plans in the face of family issues and evaluate the adopted approach, in order to improve the process of drafting the 7th plan as expertly as possible, therefore, in the present study, Sociological analysis of the effects of five-year development plans on the family institution; It was discussed with emphasis on its damages.

The current study method is qualitative and qualitative content analysis is used in it. The statistical population of this study consisted of official and library documents and experts. The method of selection was based on purposeful sampling and based on theoretical saturation, 11 documents related to the research topic were examined and 15 people were interviewed. The tools for collecting information are checklists and interviews. In this study, the criteria of reliability, validity, transferability and verifiability were used to evaluate the obtained results. Finally, data analysis was done using a priori coding method.

By analyzing the 1st to 6th development programs, 5 main themes of family support, childbearing, support for women heads of the household, reforming the decision-making structure of women and families, and support for vulnerable groups were identified. In terms of content, development programs have many flaws in relation to the institution of the family, and by evaluating the most important indicators of development programs, it was found that divorce is on the rise, having children and, in parallel, marriage is on the decline.

This result shows that the development programs on the family institution not only did not have a significant positive effect, but also negatively affected the family institution.