A Survey On Social Deprivation In IRAN And The Factors Affecting it (Subject of Research: Eslamshahr)

The purpose of this study was to study the social deprivation in the city of Eslamshahr. The method was survey and a researcher-made questionnaire was designed which was and authenticated and through that the date was gathered. The sample volume, using Cochran formula was estimated about 349 family head in two districts of Eslamshahr, and was selected using cluster sampling method. Findings indicated that social deprivation level was medium to high in the sample studied. Also there is a relationship between the indexes of this variable including social and economic opportunities (citizen rights), educational capital, material and intellectual resources, social roles, civil participation, and social isolation with hope to social mobility. In the final inference, the findings of this research were compared to the precedent studies and the proposed theoretical paradigm was reviewed and interpreted theoretically in relation to the role of given variables; for example that the deprivation of citizen rights and equal economic opportunities results in social deprivation in the society; financial sources such as income, have direct influence on social deprivation, and also in a society where the indexes related to roles and social participation are at a weak level, the society is affected by deprivation. Meantime equal educational opportunities in the society, leads to social mobility.