This research was based on the culture of poverty and social disorganization theories، using a survey method. The sample of the study included 330 beggars and 1000 non-beggars shiraz. The research findings revealed that 64/4 percent of the beggars aged lower than 20 years and most of them were mentally and physically healthy. Most of them live in the suburbs of the city where the culture of poverty is prevalent. The results of multiple regression implied that there is meaningful relationship between the factors of ""being religious،"" marital status""، ""levels of education""، ""being rural or urban""، ""occupation"" and ""social class"" of the participants and their attitudes toward the phenomenon of begging. It also shows that the factor of ""degree of religion"" explained the maximum amount of the dependent variable (tendency to help he beggars).
