Factors affecting economic prosperity of rural families in the South Khorasan Province (Iran)

The present study was applied in nature and was carried out in a survey method. The purpose of the study was to analyze factors affecting economic prosperity of rural families in the South Khorasan province. The total population of this study was all of the rural families in that province. The information was collected through the questionnaire and was analyzed with a logistic regression model. The results indicated that the probability of economic prosperity was improved by 4.3% per increase by one year. Lack of ownership automobile and telephones by family head brought about a reduction is probability of economic prosperity by about 73 and 65%,respectively. Variation by one degree in the category of routine costs of a family resulted in a promotion by 40% in the probability of economic prosperity of family. Lack of commercial and financial morale among respondents results in decrease of economic prosperity by 52.5%.   Key words: Economic prosperity, rural family, South Khorasan, Iran.