Investigating the effect of economic and social factors on the consumption of rural households

Changing the pattern of household consumption in Iran is one of the most important issues influencing social and economic changes. Considering the issue of allocation of limited resources of the country and the management of demographic patterns of household consumption patterns, it is important to study the changes in the pattern of consumption and the factors affecting it. The main purpose of this paper is to study the effects of population dynamics and the impact of economic factors on the patterns of rural and urban consumption patterns. In order to achieve the objectives of this paper, panel data has been used with income data and household expenses during the period of 2007-2017.The results of the study showed that the changes in the household consumption pattern with the variables of education, population, unemployment, total income and household expenses are significant.And with a decline in education and unemployment, the rate of consumption increases and with the increase of other variables, ie population, total income and total cost of consumption increases.