Analyzing Rural People Expectations from Islamic Rural Councils in Kermanshah County of Iran

The overall goal of this descriptive-correlational research is to examine the expectations of rural people from Islamic rural councils in Kermanshah county and also consider the factors that influence these expectations. The statistical population of this research consisted of the heads of the households in villages with councils in Kermanshah county. Using a multi stage sampling method 320 heads of households were selected. The main research tool is a two part questionnaire, which in the first part the rural people expectations and in the second part the personal and professional traits were measured and assessed. According to the study results, the most important expectations from councils include: general clean up of villages, crisis management in disasters, and collaboration with police to establish security in villages. Job and life satisfaction can explain 24 percent of variance in expectations from Islamic councils. According to the results it can be inferred that the attention to people’s expectations in different cultural, social, and economic dimensions can raise the rate of long term settlement in the villages and provides a context for participation of people for the realization of rural development.