Evaluation of Quality of Life Indicators in Rural Areas (Case Study: Poshteh Zilaei Village, Kohgiluyeh & Boyerahmad)

Subject Areas : Rural and nomadic studies

soroush sanaei moghadam ¹ (zanjan)
bijan rahmani ² (behshti)
pegah moridsadat ³ (behshtei)

Received: 2019-01-27 Accepted : 2020-03-16 Published : 2021-01-20

Keywords: quality of life, Rural Development, Indicators of Subjective and Objective, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province,

Abstract :

Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate and evaluate the quality of life indicators in rural areas of Poshteh Zilaeii district. The present research is applied in terms of the nature and method of descriptive-analytic. The statistical population of the study was rural households in the village of Poshteh Zilaeii, Dehdasht County. The district according to 1395 census, has a population of 3450 people, including 690 7 rural households respectively. The number of samples needed to complete the questionnaire has been obtained using the Cochrane formula 220 households. Data gathering method was library and field study (questionnaire). Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (ANOVA, T-test and Tukey) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the situation of the villages studied in terms of quality of life in general was inadequate and most of the components did not show a suitable situation that could be due to various factors such as lack of desirable service levels, lack of income sources, etc. The region. Also, among the villages surveyed, the village Mondan with an average (4.75) are in good condition and the village Savarei with medium (3/10) is in the middle level. And two villages of the Gsheh and Ab mahei with average (2.56) and (2.46) in poor level and Del gorg village with an average (2.10) at a very weak level compared with the villages of the village.

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