%0 Journal Article %T Analyzing the Relationship of Social Capital and Lifestyle with the Tendency to Childbearing (Case Study: Students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University) %J Socio-Cultural Strategy %I Institute for Strategic Research Expediency Council %Z 2251-7081 %A Rasulzade Aghdam, Samad %A Afshar, Simin %A Adlipour, Samad %A Mirmohamdtabar, Seyed Ahmad %D 2016 %\ 12/21/2016 %V 5 %N 3 %P 107-135 %! Analyzing the Relationship of Social Capital and Lifestyle with the Tendency to Childbearing (Case Study: Students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University) %K Lifestyle %K Social Capital %K tendency towards childbearing %K Media consumption %R %X The present study is aimed at investigating the relationship of social capital and lifestyle (traditional and modern lifestyles) with the tendency to childbearing among students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University in the academic year 2014-2015. The sample size consisted of 384 participants selected via the stratified random sampling. The data were collected via a researcher-made questionnaire. Findings of the present study indicate that there is a reverse and significant correlation between the degree of using foreign media (the Internet, virtual social networks and satellite networks) and the tendency towards childbearing, but there no significant correlation was observed between the sue of domestic media and the tendency towards childbearing. In addition, a positive and significant correlation of social capital (social trust, social participation and social cohesion) and the tradition lifestyle with the tendency towards childbearing was observed. But the correlation between the modern lifestyle and tendency towards childbearing was a reverse and significant one. Moreover, from among demographic variables (age, gender, educational level, employment status and ethnicity), only the correlation between employment status and ethnicity with the tendency towards childbearing was significant. %U https://rahbordfarhangi.csr.ir/article_123321_ed90e4dd850b730060abb7db010ef93d.pdf