Analyzing the effects of economic sanctions on the quality of life of villagers(Case Study: villages in central part of Kashmar County)

Improving and developing the quality of life of villagers as a factor in increasing welfare, reducing rural-urban inequalities and achieving sustainable rural development, is of great importance. This is while economic sanctions have affected various aspects of the life of the Iranian people, including the villagers. Therefore, the present study was conducted to analyze the impact of economic sanctions (2018 to 2020) on the quality of life of villagers in Kashmar. In terms of nature, the present study is a quantitative research, in terms of purpose is in the category of applied research and in terms of method is in the category of descriptive-analytical research. The required information in this study was collected using documentary studies and a researcher-made questionnaire and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.951). The statistical population of the study includes villagers living in 13 villages in the central part of Kashmar city. Using Cochran's formula and error level of 0.05, 369 households were selected by simple random sampling . Findings According to the significance level of 0.00 of all indicators in the one -sample t-test, indicate that economic sanctions have significant effects on the objective and subjective dimensions of the quality of life of villagers . Also, the values of the averages show that the most and the least effect of sanctions in the mental dimension related to the indicators of future hope (4.02) and life satisfaction (3.81) and in the objective dimension the most impact on the ability to save, respectively. (43.4) and purchasing power (4.39) of the villagers and the least impact on the health index (3.78) . Also, the results of the Preference Selection Index (psi) model, according to the final score of Torbeghan village (3.095) and Jardavi (2.416), respectively, have accepted the highest and lowest impact of economic sanctions.