An Evaluation of the Social Factors Affecting Life Satisfaction

This article aims to examine the factors influencing life satisfaction of citizens 18 years and older in Ahvaz. To develop the theoretical framework and explain the problem, some relevant sociological views were adopted and the hypotheses were extracted from them. This research was carried out in the form of a survey, and questionnaires were used to gather data. In this study, the research population was comprised of all citizens of over18 years of age in Ahvaz; this population was set at 384 people using Cochran's sample size formula. This study was conducted in the years 2013-2014. The results show that all independent variables, other than the variable of loneliness and the social justice variable, have a significant relationship with the dependent variable. Regression results show that only the two variables of health and sense of security had significant impacts; in total 34% of changes in life satisfaction are explained by these two variables.