Examining the Relationship between Social Welfare and Life Satisfaction (Case of Study: Citizens of Kashan City in 2015)

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Mohsen Niazi ^{1 *} , Mohammad Ganji ² , Fahimeh Namvar Moghadam ³ , Fatemeh Torenjipoor ⁴

1 - Department of Social Sciences, University of Kashan, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Social Sciences, University of Kashan, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of Social Sciences, University of Kashan, Isfahan, Iran
4 - Department of Social Sciences, University of Kashan, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2016-12-24 Accepted : 2016-12-24 Published : 2016-09-01

Keywords: Social security, Life satisfaction, social welfare, distributive justice,

Abstract :

Following the failure of economic development and growth policies and dissatisfactions resultingfrom applying these policies, related discussions to life satisfaction was proposed among various experts. Intheir opinion, different factors can be effectual on life satisfaction. One of the most important factors is socialwelfare. This study is a social survey and it has used questionnaire for collecting data. Considering the results ofCronbach’s alpha coefficients, validity of the research indices are proved. The statistical society comprisescitizens of Kashan in 2015, 308 of whom were chosen based on Cochran formula and stratified randomsampling. In this study, the relationship between individual welfare, social welfare and social welfare indices(social security, distributive justice, having access to natural resources and educational-cultural resources aswell) on life satisfaction. The results of data analysis of questionnaires shows a positive correlation betweensocial welfare and life satisfaction. Also individual welfare and social welfare explain 0.48 and 0.50 percent oflife satisfaction variants respectively.