Investigation and evaluation of the livability level in rural areas: A case study of the villages in the central part of Faryab County

There are dangers like rapid population growth, The destruction of farmland and open spaces, Lack of adequate housing, Increasing social inequalities between urban and rural areas And the loss of a sense of belonging in the villages, The quality of life in rural communities is threatened And then livelihoods has become the focus of attention and growth. according to imprtance of subject, current study, Aiming to evaluate The livelihoods of rural areas have been met. This research is of practical purpose And it is by descriptive-analytical nature. Statistical population of 18 villages of central part of Faryab city With 1170 households. The sample size was 289 people based on Cochran formula. The distribution of the number of samples in the studied villages is stratified and based on the number of households. To analyze the subject In the social dimension of six indicators in the form of 33 indicators, In the economic dimension in five indicators in the form of 23 indicators In the environmental dimension, three indicators were used in the form of 10 indicators. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of expert and experienced experts. Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was calculated to be 0.87. The results based on the one-sample t-test indicate The rural livelihoods are poor And in all aspects of average viability, the mean is lower than normal.