A study on the Status of Women in Iran (Paperback)

Women with primary and graduation education level had higher support from friends. As far the support from relatives is considered, women with primary and middle school education level had higher social support. Women with primary education background had significantly higher social support from other sources. On the whole, again women with primary level of education had higher social support compared to Iranian women with other educational levels. Occupation-wise analysis revealed that those women on temporary government job and shop keeping had higher support from friends. However, occupation did not influence social support from relatives, neighbors', other sources and total social support.