Life satisfaction of elderly aged people in relation to demographic variable

Abstract

The Study was conducted with a view to find out the relation of life satisfaction of elderly aged people with their sex, marital status, educational qualification, socio-economic status and types of residence. The samples of the present study comprised of 197, their age range from 65 to 90 years recruited from two old home institutes and outside of old home institute situated in same area. Data were collected by using Life satisfaction scale (SWLS) developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin (1985) and Bengali version was adapted by Ilyas (2002). The findings of present study are indicating strong relation of marital status, educational qualification, socio- economic status and living situation with life satisfaction, but in this study, we have not found any differences of life satisfaction with sex differences in the perspective of Bangladesh.