The state of underdevelopment of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Author

PhD in Political Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran.

Abstract

Some theorists believe that development is the most important and challenging issue in the 21st century. Because this category can place the human being in the center of attention as the subject and subject of knowledge and the object and subject of knowledge; To create this attitude in the society that development of human life and survival and human dignity is hostage to development. The related research is a quantitative research that was done with the survey method. In this research, three hypotheses were proposed, and Spearman's test and Kruskal-Wallis test were used to test them. The following results were obtained: hypothesis one, there is a significant relationship between the amount of income and the amount of underdevelopment. Because the value of the Spearman test is reported as .034 and this value is less than .05, there is a significant relationship between the amount of income and the level of underdevelopment; That is, with the increase in income, the level of underdevelopment also increases. Therefore, the research hypothesis is confirmed. hypothesis two; There is a significant relationship between the number of children and the degree of underdevelopment. Because the value of Spearman's test was reported as /677, it can be said that there is no significant relationship between the number of children and the degree of underdevelopment. Therefore, the research hypothesis is rejected. Hypothesis three, the average underdevelopment of people in different fields of study is the same. Because the value of the Kruskal Wallis test is reported as /969,

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