Geographical Research

Amis & Backgrounds: The expansion of international migration as well as the marriage of immigrants with the host community will cause special effects in geographical spaces and especially the quality of life of migrant areas. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of marriages of Afghanistanian citizens with Iranian women on socio-economic dimensions of their quality of life in rural areas of Jiroft.
Methodology: This research is of applied type and has been done by descriptive- Comparative analytical method. The statistical population of the present study is 403 households in Bandsaraji, Daryacheh,Chah Afghan and Kenar Sandal villages of Jiroft city. The sample size of the study was determined to be 197 households, using the Cochranchr('39')s formula of. In order to achieve the objectives of the present study, in addition to documentary studies, indicators in socio-economic dimensions of quality of life were determined and examined in the framework of field studies. Also, appropriate statistical tests of SPSS software were used to analyze the data.
Findings: The findings of Kruskal-Wallis test confirm that the socio-economic quality of life of Iranian-Afghanistanian couples is significantly different with Iranian couples in the villages of Jiroft city, with a rate of 0.000. Also, the results of regression coefficient showed that social indicators with standardized beta coefficient of 0.353 are more effective than economic indicators in the quality of life of Iranian-Afghanistanian couples.
Conclusion: Quality of the socio-economic indicators related to the quality of life of the two groups of rural households with Afghanistanian-Iranian couple and rural households with Iranian couple in the studied villages was not the same and in general the socio-economic quality of life was more desirable in rural households with Iranian couple.