Spatial analysis of socio-economic factors affecting drug abuse in rural settlements, Case study: Dizaj Abad village, Zanjan township

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between drug abuse and socioeconomic factors in Dizaj Abad village of Zanjan township. Type of research is applied and its nature and method is Descriptive-Analysis. Data collection method is library and fieldwork (Observations, interviews and questionnaires). The questionnaire is basically composed of closed questions and answers in the Likert scale (five scale). The formal validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts. Cronbach's alpha has been used to measure the reliability of the indices, which is 0.784%, indicating their suitable value. Data were analyzed using Correlation tests, Mann-Whitney and t-test. In Arc GIS software, hot spot analysis tests and Anselin Local Moran's index and Geographic weighted regression was used for cluster analysis and weighting. The results of the tests show that people with low education have higher addiction than other people and income level has no significant relationship with addiction and drug abuse. according to Z statistic, Level of education items (-4.688) and with significance level of 0.000 had the most significant relationship with drug addiction and abuse and job items with -0.730 and significance level of -0.465, income level of -0.594 and level of significance 0.553 had no significant relationship with addiction and drug abuse.