Investigating the relationship between empowerment and improving the quality of life of marginalized citizens in Hemmatabad neighborhood of Isfahan

Investigating the relationship between empowerment and improving the quality of life of marginalized citizens in Hemmatabad neighborhood of IsfahanABSTRACTIn recent decades, the development of urbanization has brought with it problems that marginalization has been one of these social issues. The main problem among marginalized people is their low quality of life, which is why urban theorists believe that empowering local residents in urban suburbs can improve their quality of life. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between empowerment and improving the quality of life of citizens in Hemmatabad neighborhood of Isfahan. Fitterman's theory has been used to achieve the research objectives. The present study is based on a quantitative approach of a survey strategy (descriptive-correlation). The statistical population was 15,488 citizens of Hemmatabad neighborhood, of which 371 samples were examined using the Cochran's formula. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of which was formalized and its reliability through Cronbach's alpha - quality of life (0.90), sense of competence (0.90), sense of effectiveness (0.72), significance (86). / 0), the right to self-determination (0.70) - has been obtained. Also, Spss24 software was used to analyze the research data and descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the findings. Findings showed that the quality of life of residents of Hemmatabad neighborhood was lower than the average. The results of the research hypotheses indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between empowerment and quality of life (0.68), also a significant difference was observed between education, income and quality of life. The results obtained from the regression model of the study showed that the empowerment variable with beta β = 64 was able to explain 38% of the variance of the quality-of-life variable.key wordsEmpowerment, quality of life, education, income, Hemmatabad