Reza Safari shali; Alireza Karimi; Mozhgan seyfi
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the tendency to superstitions according to human development indicators among citizens aged 19-75 in Karaj.In the theoretical foundations section of the theories of experts in the field of development school(Everett Rogers, Corey Keys, Daniel Lerner, Amartia ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the tendency to superstitions according to human development indicators among citizens aged 19-75 in Karaj.In the theoretical foundations section of the theories of experts in the field of development school(Everett Rogers, Corey Keys, Daniel Lerner, Amartia Sen, S.N Eisenstadt and David McClelland) have been used.In terms of method, this research is in the framework of a quantitative (survey) method in which the required data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire.The statistical population includes the citizens of Karaj and the sample size is 400 people and the sampling method is multi-stage, So that after observing the sampling steps, sample people were selected from three areas (privileged, partially privileged and low-privileged neighborhoods) in proportion to the population size of each region, According to the results (with an average of 36/69 according to the score range of 17-85), the tendency to superstitions is low. The results of multivariate linear regression test show that, a total of 52% of the variance of the dependent variable (superstition) through independent variables, "Living standards, ability, social health, physical health, media literacy and per capita reading" are estimated and explained.Keywords: superstition, human development indicators, standard of living, capability and capability, karaj city.
somayeh sadat Shafiee; zahra porbagher
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The article studies women situation in Iran and Turkey in terms of the main indicators of human development. Comparatively documentary and data analyzing, it attempts to answer how is the gender gap and what is the Gender Development Index in these two countries. To do this, human development with indicators ...
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The article studies women situation in Iran and Turkey in terms of the main indicators of human development. Comparatively documentary and data analyzing, it attempts to answer how is the gender gap and what is the Gender Development Index in these two countries. To do this, human development with indicators such as education, health, economy and politic base on sex ratio were studied. Domestic data of Statistical Centre of Iran, Turkish Statistical Institute and international ones such as World Bank organization, human development reports and global gender gap report of world economic forum were referred. Findings clarify that with the exception of determinants of Health indicator which are reported by and large similar situation; the situation of women politic and economic indicators in Turkey implies higher level of development in Turkey. This is somehow because of protective legal measures of state. Also it should be mentioned that significant improvement of education indicator among Iranian women is an issue which necessitates strategic management with taking to consideration other indicators of human development.
