Investigating the demographic factors related to political participation of citizens of Mahabad city

The main objective of this research is to determine the demographicfactors related to political participation of citizens of Mahabad city. Theresearch method was survey and the statistical population in this study isall citizens aged 18 years and over in Mahabad city in 2018. The samplesize was estimated using Cochran's formula 382 people and they wereselected through multi-stage cluster sampling and also systematic randomsampling. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made politicalparticipation questionnaire whose reliability coefficient was calculatedusing Cronbach's alpha of 0.96. Also, the Likert scale was used tomeasure its concepts. Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-testand one way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The results of theresearch show that, there is a significant difference between the level ofpolitical participation and the social class, and the level of politicalparticipation of the middle and lower classes of Mahabad community ismore than the other classes in this city. The result of this research showthat, the lower class has more urgency, necessity, motivation andwillingness to participate and intervene in political affairs in order tochange its existing status, but the involvement of the middle class in thepolitical affairs of the city is more imposing.