Investigating the Attitudes and Factors Affecting Fishermen's Participation in Cooperative Corporations of Guilan Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the attitudes and factors affectingparticipation of the fishermen's member of cooperative corporations in various activitiesand their practices in Guilan province. The research method implemented was ex postfacto causal design. The statistical population was 6000 fisherman who were membersof 75 cooperative corporations. The sample size (n=510) was calculated using Cochranformula from among 25 cooperative corporations. They were selected according tosimple random and stratified sampling method. The survey questionnaire was used tocollect the information. In order to analyze the data SPSS software was used. Forreliability of the instrument a pilot- test was used. The Coronbach's alpha level gainedwas 0.85. The results showed there were significant correlations between personal, andsocial characteristics with the level of participation and among of knowledge, behaviorand social attitudes with factors affecting participation. The level of attitude about theparticipation in the activities of cooperative corporations was at the medium level.

Keywords

• effective factors
• participation
• fisherman
• co-operative companies
• attitude