Exploring Social Determinants of Life Satisfaction among Citizens

The purpose of this study was to investigate the social determinants of life satisfaction among citizens. uestionnaire was used to collect the data. The statistical population includes all citizens over 18 in Khoy city, and the sample size is 398 people according to Cochran's formula. To explain the problem, the perspectives of psychology, social psychology, and sociology were used, and SPSS software was used to analyze the data. A standard questionnaire was used to measure the variables. Anomie is examined in 5 dimensions and sense of security in 3 dimensions. According to the descriptive findings of the research, the average life satisfaction of citizens is 50.94 (between 20 and 84), anomie is 74.37 (between 32 and 152), social security is 66.14 (between 25 and 111), and hope for the future is 34/43 (between 15 and 59). According to the inferential findings, there is a negative relationship between anomie and life satisfaction (r=-0.623), and there is a positive and significant relationship between hope for the future (r=0.645) and social security (r=0.676) and life satisfaction. Among the dimensions of anomie, the political anomie and among the dimensions of the sense of security, psychological security have the strongest relationship with life satisfaction. The regression results showed that the variables of hope for the future, social security and anomie explain 0.692% of the variance of life satisfaction. The results of the path analysis indicate that the anomia variable with an influence coefficient of 0.617 is the most important and strongest predictor of changes in life satisfaction. This shows that the anomic conditions in the society in its various dimensions can affect citizens’ satisfaction with their living conditions and their sense of security and hope for the future in the society.