Analysis of Social and Economic Indices of Nomads Before and After Settlement in Malard County

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

PhD Student, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geography, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In the present study, which is applied and based on the descriptive-analytical nature, the study and comparison of social, economic and accommodated tribal satisfaction in two periods before and after accommodation. The research method is a survey type and data collection tool. The statistical population of this study consisted of two groups of nomads and semi-nomads with a total of 520 households, based on the modified formula of Cochran 126 households as the sample size. The T-Test was used to analyze the statistical data in the SPSS23 software environment. The results show that in the socio-cultural index components at the significant level of Sig=0.05 with the value of t=2.06. In the economic index, at the significant level of Sig=0.05 with the number of statistics of t=2.15 due to the variety of revenue, household income and savings have increased, and accommodation has led to positive changes in the economic situation. Also, the effect of the satisfaction index among the nomadic households is also positive at the significant level of Sig=0.05 with the amount of T-test statistics of 1.97. The findings and suggestions of the present research can be a model for conducting future research in the field of nomadic communities and also open the way for planners to formulate nomadic organizing programs.

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