Examination of the Relationship among Various Types of Capital (Social Capital, Cultural Capital and Economic Capital) Along with the Lifestyle of Elderly Women Under the Aegis of the Welfare Organization (Case study: Golestan province)

Todays, the lifestyle of the elders has been noticed by sociologists, doctors, researchers and politicians, as ageing and the ageing phenomenon are inevitable. The increment of the growth rate of the elderly population in the country, especially the increase in the population of elderly women in the oncoming years, emphasizes the need for prophetic planning to control issues related to this group of the population. The main aim of this study is to identify the effect of three types of social, cultural and economic capital on the lifestyle of elderly women. The method of the study in terms of nature has been survey research and the statistical population encompasses 340 elders above 60 years old who use daily services of welfare organization that 183 samples were selected by stratified random sampling by using Cochran's formula. To examine the lifestyle, The Miller and Smith Lifestyle Questionnaire were used and to examine the social, cultural and economic capital, the questions of the previous researches related to this field were used that their validity and reliability have been confirmed and to analyze the data, the test of multivariate Pearson and regression correlation coefficient have been used. The findings of the research demonstrate that there is significant and positive relationship among social, cultural and economic capital along with the lifestyle of elderly women. In the equation of regression analysis, the analysis of variance, has been calculated, the F value indicates 31.644 and the F significance is (Sig = 0.000), that shows certainly the lifestyle with these three types of capital (economic, cultural and social capital) has a direct linear relationship. Therefore, the main hypotheses of the research based on the fact that the changes and fluctuations in the lifestyle of elderly women are explained through the main types of capital (economic, cultural and social capital) have been confirmed.