جغرافیا و توسعه (Sep 2022)

Analysis of the Effects of Marginalization on Women's Health in Metropolitan Cities Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz and Kermanshah

  • Minoo Mohammadi,
  • Hossein Sadeghi Sadqal,,
  • Abass Assariarani,
  • Abdolreza Rocnoldeineftekhari

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22111/gdij10.22111.2022.7004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 68
pp. 87 – 115

Abstract

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In recent years, due to the importance of paying attention to the development of women's affairs, this group has been considered as one of the main target groups in the programs of organizing margins and empowering the marginalized metropolises of Iran. Although about half of the marginalized population in these metropolises are women, despite the high emphasis on informal settlement issues, unfortunately, the social and cultural beliefs system of this group, such as the subculture of poverty in the margins, women's beliefs about participation, neighborly relationships, attitudes to social harms, family, childbearing and lifestyle has been neglected by urban managers. The aim of this study was to evaluate and measure the mental health of women living in the city in two marginal areas and the main text of the city and the impact of Slum on them. The type of applied research and the method used descriptive-analytical and for data collection, library and field methods (questionnaires) have been used. The statistical comprehensive of this study is women living in four cities that based on Cochran's formula, 384 questionnaires were distributed in Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz and Kermanshah randomly in two marginal regions and the main text of the city. In addition to descriptive and inferential tests, logit model has been used to analyze the effect of Slum on women's mental health. The findings showed that mental health status in the main text of the city is higher than the margins of the city. The average of the main text of the city from the perspective of urban women is 2.79 and for urban margins is 2.22. Also, the results of logit model showed that with increasing Slum of mental health of women in the first situation (disease) increases by 35%, but in border condition this variable is effective and the amount of this variable in normal mental health is 0.29%, which indicates that if the person is in normal mental health condition. The effect of Slum on it is less than the state of disease.

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