A Study of Factors Affecting Social Insecurity Perception Regarding Essential Commodities (Case Study: Ardabil City, 2022)
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Taha Ashayeri
1
,
Tahereh Jahanparvar
2
1 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of History and Social Sciences, Social Sciences, university of Mohaghegh Ardabili
2 - Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media, Azad Islamic University, Central Tehran Branch
Keywords: Keywords: Insecurity regarding essential goods, opportunism, business environment, social trust.,
Abstract :
Taha Ashayeri Tahereh Jahanparvar Abstract The most basic human need is worry-free access to food, clothing, and shelter. The provision of and access to food and basic goods is an important and essential matter in the hierarchy of human rights for the continuation of collective life. This research aims to investigate the reasons for the feeling towards basic goods among citizens of Ardabil city. To answer the main question, a sample size of 270 people was determined using the sample power method, and questionnaires were distributed randomly among citizens. The results of the Pearson test show that there is a significant relationship between the variables of moral anomie, formal deterrence, social trust, unfavorable business environment, opportunism, and historical collective memory with the feeling of insecurity regarding basic goods. The overall results of the structural equations show that moral anomie (0.168), formal deterrence (0.291), social indifference (0.329), social trust (-0.468), unfavorable business environment (-0.246), opportunism (0.187), and collective-historical memory (0.238) have had an impact on insecurity regarding basic goods.