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| | | Article Name : | | | Comparative investigation of quality of life of the
rural and urban elderly in the city of Zanjan | | Author Name : | | | REZA MOHAMMADI, TAGHI RAHIMI, RAZIEH GILANI | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Todays the quality of life is one of the major concerns of policymakers and social researchers. With respect to aging of the population,
planners should try to upgrade the life quality of the elderly. This
comparative study aims to examine the life quality of urban and rural
elderly in Zanjan Township. The main purpose of the study is to
investigate and recognize the differences between the life quality of the
elderly in rural and urban areas. The statistical population of this
survey was all the citizens of Zanjan. By using the Cochran formula,
the sample size was estimated as 380 people who from among them,
191 people for urban society and 189 people for rural society were
chosen. Residential place (urban or rural) was examined as the main
variable of this research and sex, level of education and salary were
considered as the most important grounded variable. After collecting
data, they were analysed using SPSS software and according to the
survey questions, T-test (independent groups) has been used. The
results revealed that different dimensions of quality of life in urban
area of Zanjan is much better than its rural area. The only dimension
in which the rural elderly had better condition than the urban was
health of social relationships. Urban women and men experienced
higher levels of physical, environmental, spiritual and mental conditions than the rural ones. Furthermore, women and mens heath
of social relationships was much better than rural ones. | | Keywords : | | | Quality of life, Elderly, WHOQL questionnaire, Urban
and Rural, citizens of Zanjan. |
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