SUFFERING FROM PROBLEMS AND COMMUNITY SOCIAL BELONGING AMONG FISHERMEN IN LACK BURULLUS

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

There is different meaning of local community, whether material orsymbolic meaning. This paper was conducted to explore the factorial structureof the concept of social belonging as a symbolic meaning, as well as, to
evaluate the goodness of fit of the proposal model. To achieve theseobjectives, a quota sample of 204 fishermen respondents who living aroundthe region of Lack Burullus at spring of 2013 was chosen. A personalinterview technique was used to gather the data. Means, standard deviation,Multiple Liner Regression, and Principle Component Analysis (PCA) withOblimin Rotation were calculated. Results showed that the oblimin rotationyielded three component factors. Those components could be labeled as:community attachment, community loyalty, and community solidarity. The
main two variables in the modified model with the biggest total causal effectwere community attachment, and social participation. It was recommendedthat the personality should be taking into account in the educational programs
at the rural communities, to motivate the felling of social belonging, with afocus on the principle of social participation as the core principle of ruraldevelopment process.

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