Studying relation between lifestyle and religious identity Case study: women of Ilam city (Iran)

Abstract

The research has examined the relation between lifestyle and religious identity of women of Ilam. At first, the related studies were reviewed. Then, six hypotheses were presented based on the studied theories. To test the hypotheses, 400 women of Ilam were selected by multi-stage random sampling method. The research method is survey and questionnaire was used. Results at correlation level show that there is a significant relation between religious identity and variables of denominational style, virtual style, music style, and cultural participation style. Results at regression analysis level show that the variables of denominational, sport participation, music and virtual styles altogether explained 19 percent of dependent variable changes. Also, results show that women's selecting lifestyle will have a significant effect on their religious identity.