چکیده:
The rise in female-headed households and the vulnerabilities they face in the social, economic and health area in the country, has brought these women into policy priorities and implementation. By utilizing of the data dashboard for female-headed households (data related to years 2016 to 2018) and clustering analysis, this article classifies the country’s provinces based on the vulnerability of female-headed households in economic, health, social and demographic contexts to provide new evidence for regional policy and planning. The findings showed that although Tehran and Alborz provinces have higher income levels than other provinces of the country, they allocate a significant share of their income to the basic need of providing housing and using healthcare services which can be related to the widespread prevalence of renting among female-headed households and their less access to health insurance despite being more prone to certain diseases. Sistan and Baluchistan province is more exposed to social and demographic vulnerability than other provincial clusters. Because there are more illiterate female heads of households who have to take care of more people, including more children who are studying. The results of this study by indicating the interaction of various dimensions of vulnerability revealed the importance of simultaneous attention to these dimensions for the success of welfare interventions and meeting the needs of female-headed households.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Analyzing the Vulnerability of Female-Headed Households Based on Clustering of the Country's Provinces Associate Professor of Demography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Fatemeh Torabi Tehran, Iran.
Using the female-headed household information dashboard and the cluster analysis method, this article classifies the country's provinces based on the vulnerability of female-headed households in economic, health, social, and demographic dimensions to provide new evidence for regional policy-making and planning.
The findings showed that although Tehran and Alborz provinces have higher income levels compared to other provinces in the country, they allocate a significant portion of their income to basic housing needs and the use of health and medical services, which may be related to the widespread prevalence of renting among female-headed households living in these provinces and their less access to medical insurance despite a higher prevalence of specific diseases.
Women, especially female heads of households, are among the most important groups that, due to their vulnerable and susceptible position in the social and economic structures of societies, especially developing countries, have become the focus of researchers and planners (Kord Zanganeh, 1394: 116).
4 percent of female heads of household) and the widespread prevalence of illiteracy among them (75 percent) (Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare, 2019: 5), we include two variables—the percentage of illiteracy of the head and the average household size of this age group—into the analysis to identify those provincial clusters that are more exposed to greater vulnerability due to illiteracy and the individuals under their care (Map 6).
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