The factors affecting the decline of motivation and tendency of rural boys in Baharan district of Gorgan County towards agricultural profession

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, college of Agricultural management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

2 Graduate Student of Agricultural Extension and Education, college of Agricultural management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

10.22092/jaear.2023.361913.1940

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this study was conducted in 2022 to identify the factors affecting the decline of inclination of rural boys towards agricultural profession. The research approach was quantitative nature, an causal-correlational type, and a field data collection method. The statistical population consisted of all rural boys aged 15 to 24 living in the villages of Baharan district in Gorgan County, with a total of 1588 individuals. A multistage random sampling method was used, and the sample size was determined using Morgan's table, with a total of 309 individuals selected for the study. The research instrument was a questionnaire with nominal, ordinal, interval, and relative scale questions. The face validity of the questionnaire was assessed through the opinions of the faculty members of the Agricultural Education and Extension Department at the Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, as well as the experts in extension from the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Golestan Province. Its reliability was measured using the ordinal Theta coefficient (θ = 0.83). According to the order of importance, the factors affecting the rural boys' tendency towards the agricultural profession were identified as follows: vocational, natural-supportive, economic, cultural, legal, and technical-social factors. These factors explained 52.46% of the total variance in the variables affecting the rural boys' lack of inclination towards the agricultural profession.

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