تحليل جنسيتي تصادف با تاكيد بر مفهوم سبكِ زندگيِ سالم مطالعه ي موردي: جوانان شهر تهران

Gender analysis of accident with focus on healthy lifestyle Case study: O.young adults in Tehran

Nowadays, cities are faced with modern phenomena such as air pollution, traffic, risky driving and accidents brought up by modernism trends. Among these new phenomena, risky driving and accident are related to the human life and so should be considered in the context of human life. Driving behaviors are not distinct from other behaviors and in fact they are connected with other aspects of life which make up what we call lifestyle. Lifestyle is a choice of different practices within a structural situation. Healthy behaviors like other forms of social behavior are affected by agency and structure. Agency is the actorʹs abilities to choose their behaviors whereas structure refers to the regularities in social interaction, symbolic social interaction, and access to resources that may constrain or empower choices. According to Cockerham, the structural situation such as age, gender, marital status and socioeconomic status can limit choices of actors. The research sample consists of 450 young adults residing in Tehran and using factor analysis 8 factors underlying dimensions of lifestyle are identified. These dimensions include risky driving, car addiction, elegance- pleasure, cultural consumption, interest in social affair and physical activities, religious activity and alcohol consumption. The main hypothesis in this article focused on gender differences. Accordingly gender can limit the agencyʹs choices. Gender differences in driving behavior can differentiate women in the driving field. The findings showed that the mean of accident rate for women is lower than for men. Women drink less than men, they have higher cultural consumption and more interest in religious activities. In addition, our findings showed that women have healthier lifestyle than men.