A sociological research on family perception of young people identifying themselves as religious: The sample of Afyonkarahisar province

The main aim of this study is to reveal the change and transformation that the changing world and social conditions created in the perception of family of young people who belong to religious group and define themselves as religious. As a result of their religiosity, determining their expectations about what kind of marriage and family life they want and the appropriateness of the results to the Islamic family structure were discussed. The sample of the study consists of 250 young people aged 17-29 years who have contact with any religious group in Afyonkarahisar province and who identify themselves as religious. Considering the gender variable, a distribution of 125 women and 125 men was made. There are 60 questionnaire questions prepared by the researcher for the purpose of the research. The data obtained were analysed using SPSS 22 program. In addition to the results confirming our hypotheses, there are also falsifying results. Keywords: Religion, religiosity, youth, family, religious group.