A social work study on welfare receivers' quality of life


Mohammad Reza Iravani


Social welfare plays an important role on helping needy people build their future. There is no doubt that a good social welfare program in any country could indirectly reduce rates of crimes and violence. In this study, we examine the quality of life between welfare receivers and ordinary people. The proposed study of this paper designs a questionnaire consists of nine questions and distribute between two groups of 50 people. The questions are based on Likert scale from very low to very high and the feedbacks are analyzed using some statistical tests. The results indicate that typical ordinary people have better life style in terms of nutrition, healthcare, housing and shelter, education, employment, income, social relationships, marital status, entertainment than welfare receivers do.


DOI: j.msl.2011.09.002

Keywords: Quality of life ,Welfare programs ,Social welfare ,Life expectation

How to cite this paper:

Iravani, M. (2012). A social work study on welfare receivers' quality of life.Management Science Letters, 2(1), 221-228.


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