Comparing Social Dimensions of Quality of Life in Development Plans of the Country

The article aims to present “quality of life social dimensions” position in different development plans of the country after the Islamic revolution. Main objective of the article is to compare quality of life social aspects in each development plan. Content analysis method is used in the article taking into account the concept or notion analysis unit existing in the text of development plans. Main findings of the research are: In the First Development Plan, social and economic security has enjoyed the most consideration and then social empowerment has been prioritized. Other aspects have enjoyed quantitative measures in the plan. In the second development plan of the country, social and economic security has also been taken seriously into consideration and then social persistence has been prioritized. Social integration dimension has been improved in comparison with the First Development Plan and continued its development trend in subsequent plans. In the Third Development Plan, social and economic security considered as the first priority while the social integration dimension remained at the subsequent rate, however social solidarity enjoys its lower rate in the Third Development Plan. In the Forth Development Plan, social and economic security followed by the social empowerment. Social integration dimension still remains at a considerable position in this plan, while the social solidarity dimension for the first time has been given more importance in the development plans. In the Fifth Development Plan, dimensions of social empowerment, social integration, and social continuity enjoy higher consideration. social and economic security remained at the forth position while social solidarity dimension demonstrates lower rate in comparison with the Forth Plan .In the Sixth Development Plan, once again we witness the social and economic security dimension at the top level and preserve social integration dimension status as the fifth plan. While the social solidarity dimension gets closer to dimensions of social empowerment and social continuity, however it still remains at the lower rate of this category.