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Rural and Urban Women , Employment, Spatial Analysis, Major Economic Activities, Formula of Location Quotient (FLQ). | ||
| روستا و توسعه | ||
| Article 7, Volume 19, Issue 3 - Serial Number 75, June 2016, Pages 139-159 PDF (1.61 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.30490/rvt.2016.59474 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hasanali FARAJI SABOKBAR [1] , Bahram HAJARI [2] , Zabih TORABI [3] , and Soleyman BAHRAMAND [4] Received: 8 April, 2015 Accepted: 25 July, 2016 T he study aimed at identifying the basic and non- basic employment activities of rural women in major economically active sectors of rural districts of Iran and their spatial distribution in the country. The statistical population included 394 counties. Required data were extracted from the 2011 General Population and Housing Census. The basic sources of active human workforce were determined by using Formula if Location Quotient (FLQ) spatial cluster analysis. The results indicated that in the agricultural sector, northern, central and north-east areas were considered as basic areas for the employment of rural women; and some parts Qom, Lorestan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Yazd, Kerman, South Khorasan were Known as urban labor force exporting areas; in addition, the industry in north-west, central and north-east areas were found to be the base areas for the employment of rural women, and the north and north-east areas were considered as the basic areas for the employment of urban women; in the services sector, the employment of women in rural base areas was observed in the north and north-west of the country while the northern areas were found to be the basic areas for the employment of urban women. [1] . Associate Professor, Department of Rural Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran. [2] . Corresponding Author and PhD Student in Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran ( b.hajari@yahoo.com ). [3] . PhD Student in Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran. [4] . MSc Student in Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rural and Urban Women; employment; spatial analysis; Major Economic Activities; Formula of Location Quotient (FLQ) | ||
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