Elham Faham|Ahmad Rezvanfar|Taghi Shamekhi
Analysis of Factors Influencing Motivation of Villagers' Participation in Activities of Social Forestry (The Case Study of West Mazandaran)
main purpose study analyze factors influencing motivation villagers participation activities social forestry statistical population includes villagers living villages locate west mazandaran iran covered local forestry cooperative sample 110 villagers selected use proportional random sampling method questionnaire used collect data determining validity questionnaire content validity used cronbachs alpha used measure reliability index measuring level motivation villagers participation activities social forestry extent 084 showed mentioned variable high reliability data analyzed use descriptive inferential statistics extent mean standard deviation coefficient variation correlation analysis regression analysis findings revealed level literacy using level mass communication media level participation extensioneducation courses social interaction attitude toward participatory activities positively significantly p001 correlated level motivation villagers participation activities social forestry result multiple regression showed variables consisting attitude toward participatory activities using level mass communication media level literacy social interaction could explain 397 variation level motivation villagers participation activities social forestry