On the Geographical Analysis of the Social Capital Role in the Tribal Households' Quality of Life (Case Study: Il-Noei, Zilaei Tribe, Charam County, Kohkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmad Provinces)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

S. Sanaei moghadam ¹ ( MA.in Geography & Rural Planning, Zanajan University, Zanjan, Iran )
B. Mohamadi yaghaneh ² ( Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran )

Received: 2016-11-19 Accepted : 2017-03-15 Published : 2017-08-23

Keywords: participation, Social Coherence, Social trust, Human Development, Kohkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmad Provinces,

Abstract :

Tribal communities as a third community of the country has a significant role in the development of economic, social and cultural development of the country, in terms of population after urban and rural communities. The existence of favorable social capital in these communities has affected on the various aspects of tribal life which one of these aspects is the quality of life. The question that arises in this regard is what is the relationship between social capital and quality of life in tribal areas? The objective of this study is the Geographical analysis of the social capital role in the tribal households' quality of life within the studied area. The method of this study was descriptive-analytical and its type is applied. Data collection was done through field study and library (questionnaire and interview). For data analysis, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and variance) and inferential statistics (correlation Coefficient, regression analysis, and chi-square) were used. The population of this study were all tribal families of Il-Noei. In population and housing census in 2011, Il-Noei had 7 inhabited villages, 4450 population and 1105 households. Based on Cochran formula, the number of 138 required samples were obtained to complete the questionnaire of households. Also selection of the tribal households, was simply randomly till principle of equal opportunity for selection of households to be observed. The results of the research show that there is a direct and significant relationship between the social capital and the quality of life of the tribal families. Studies show that the existence of social participation, which is performed at various ceremonies, is the most important dimension of social capital affecting the tribal households' quality of life.

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