Analysis of Relationship between Rural Participation and Poverty (Case Study: Villages of Saravan District, Rasht County)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Majid  Yasouri ¹ (Professor, Dep. of Geography and Rural Planning, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran)
Seyedeh Fatemeh  Emami ² (Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and Rural Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2017-01-02 Accepted : 2019-07-08 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: multiple regression, Gilan province, Rural Partnership, Political poverty, rural district of Saravan,

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between rural partnership and poverty situation (in different social, economic and political aspects) in the rural district of Saravan, located in city of Rasht in Gilan province. Predictor variables in this sturdy include partnership (in different social, political and physical service aspects), attitude towards partnership, the approach to partnership and criterion variable includes poverty in political aspects. The type of research is applied-developmental and the study method is documentary, analytical and survey.In order to complete the information, a questionnaire is used. In analytical method, each desired component is introduced according to the proposed theory. Accordingly, each component with multi-reagents identify the degree of partnership and its role in rural development; then, components of poverty in political, economic and social aspects and the relationship between these two variables of partnership and poverty is investigated using multiple regression model in SPSS software. The statistical population of the study is all rural households in Saravan. 370 samples were chosen using Morgan table. The results indicate that the issue of poverty in different dimensions and levels of partnership are related.It means that each unit increase in partnership, 0/728 units reduce in political dimensions of poverty, respectively. In other words, by increasing each of the partnership indexes, the partnership approach and attitude towards partnership in social, political and economic dimensions of poverty reduce too.

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