Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

Evaluation of the position and contribution of women in the rural household economy of Nimbolok district

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Bozorgmehr University of Qaenat
2 Visiting Professor of Bozor Mehraghane University
3 Bachelor's student of Bozormehr Qain University
10.22034/gahr.2024.492517.2319
Abstract
Considering the role they play in the family, women can be considered as the main axis of progress and development. Based on what was said, the purpose of this research is to evaluate the position and contribution of women in the rural household economy of Nimblok village. The current research can be considered descriptive-analytical in nature and field-type in terms of data collection method. In this research, the statistical population including villages with more than 50 households based on population have been studied. Based on Cochran's formula, 190 people were selected as a sample with an error rate of 0.07. In this research, one-sample T-test was used to compare the average data collected and Pearson's correlation test was used to check the relationship between variables. The findings of the research show that the handicrafts variable with an average value of 3.619 has the highest type of women's activity in the economic development of the studied villages in Nimblok village. One-sample t-test was used to investigate the effects of rural women's activities on the economic development of the household in the villages of Nimblok district. Based on the obtained average, the investment-facility variable with a value of 3.054 has had the greatest impact on the development of rural women's activities among the rural households of Nimblok village. The results of Spearman's test show that there is no significant relationship between the variable of rural women's education and the economic development of the rural household based on a significance level greater than 0.05. VIKOR model, which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods, was used to investigate the dispersion of the economic development situation in the studied villages in Nimblok Dehstan
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 28 December 2024

  • Receive Date 06 December 2024
  • Accept Date 28 December 2024