Assistant professor, Department of Sociology & Social Planning, Shiraz University
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine factors that create capital (cultural, economic, and social) inequality for women in Fars province, Iran. Based on Bourdieu's theory as the theoretical frame and using survey as our research method, we developed a questionnaire to collect data. The sample consists of 1340 women in the urban areas of Fars province. We examined residence place, birthplace, age, marriage status, employment status, women's ethnicity as well as the ethnicity of their husbands and parents, and, finally, their parents' and husbands' education to study capital inequality. Findings show that there is no significant difference between social capital of women by birthplace and parents' education. Also, there is no significant difference between economic and cultural capitals of women according to residence place, ethnicity of women and their husbands.
