s p; ali darveshi
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The present article aims to study the subculture of poverty among “gypsies” in Harandi Neighborhood (formerly known as Darvazeh Ghar) in Tehran. The research method is qualitative and the data was gathered using observation and interview techniques. The sample size was 40 people, and it was ...
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The present article aims to study the subculture of poverty among “gypsies” in Harandi Neighborhood (formerly known as Darvazeh Ghar) in Tehran. The research method is qualitative and the data was gathered using observation and interview techniques. The sample size was 40 people, and it was completed when the theoretical saturation was achieved. The results of this study show that the gypsies have a special poverty subculture that paves the way for different kinds of social issues and pathologies. Also the findings show that the subculture of the gypsies include elements such as poverty, valuing poverty, seeking adventure and excitement, hedonism, violating the law, being here and now, unwillingness to care about future, low social participation and lacking any feeling of belonging to the urban environment. Also the subculture of poverty is closely related to the formation of different social pathologies, such as addiction, violence, gambling and drug dealing.
mohammad zahediasl; aliasghar darveshifard
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The present research examines the social factors influencing the social health. This is a survey to identify and examine the most important social factors which influence the social health of the elderly in the city of Kouhdashat. This research is an explanatory study, with all the elderly of 60 years ...
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The present research examines the social factors influencing the social health. This is a survey to identify and examine the most important social factors which influence the social health of the elderly in the city of Kouhdashat. This research is an explanatory study, with all the elderly of 60 years of age and older living in Kouhdasht as its statistical population. About 5508 people were 60 or over in 2006, when the research was conducted; 359 persons of this population were selected through Cochran’s formula and studied. To evaluate the rate of the social health and the influential social variables, the standard Keyes questionnaire and the researchers’ questionnaire, whose validity and reliability were confirmed, were used. The research shows that most of subjects had an average social health. Also there was a significant and direct association between social support, social status, communication skills and social health. However, no significant association was observed between spare time and social health.
