Sociological study of procedure of family structure change in Iran with emphasis on social development indices following Islamic revolution

The present study aims to sociological study of procedure of family structure change in Iran with emphasis on social development indices following the Islamic revolution. The research method of in this paper is combination of methods of trend research and descriptive and is longitudinal research. The analysis unit in trend research is time periods that in present study, the census periods following the Islamic Revolution have been considered. These studies were conducted basis on dada from Statistical Center of Iran and a collection of valid national reports at the country, and demographic indicators of family structure are statistically compared with a set of social development indicators. The research findings show that demographic changes of the Iranian family in order to change structure of family as much as possible, have a certain trend and, according to changes in social development indices can be stated that, it has been associated with the changes of some indices of social development.