The Quality of Life Measurement in Rural Areas Based on Subjective Indicators Case Study: Sothern Jafarby Dehestan, Torkman County

In recent decades، the quality of life has been considered as one of the favorite subjects of science، noted the researchers، planners and government. Extensive researches have been done on the quality of life in the world and Iran، much of them in the field of medical sciences and social sciences. However، several studies have been conducted by geographers and related fields، mostly have been concentrated in urban areas and less in rural areas. Thus the rural settlements and the quality of rural life is important، it is necessary to do further studies in this field. The subject is very important and the quality of life in rural areas is low. Also the studied area is unique on the characteristics of ethnic، cultural and religious، so this research tend to evaluate the quality of life in rural areas، to identify the most important factors affected satisfaction of the local villagers on their quality of life، to know the relationship between cultural characteristics - social and quality of life for rural residents in the area، to recognize dimensions and components of quality of life issues that affect the identification، and finally to measure the attitude of society with specific characteristics of ethnic and cultural based on subjective indicators quality of life.