A study of life satisfaction among the aged

Abstract

Life satisfaction is the way in which people show their emotions and feelings and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. It is a measure of well-being and may be assessed in terms of mood, satisfaction with relations with others and with achieved goals, self-concepts, and self-perceived ability to cope with daily life. The purpose of the study was measuring a level of life satisfaction among the aged. The researcher has used three independent variables (1) types of gender (male and female) (2) types of age (60 to 74 and up to 75) (3) types of family (joint family, nuclear family). The life satisfaction scale constructed & standardized by Alam & Srivastava (1996) The test consists of 60 items of yes/no type. Test-retest reliability of the test was found to be .84 and Validity is .74. The research has taken a 120-research sample. 60 male (30 sample-65 to 74 age, 30 sample-up to 75) 60 female (30 sample-60 to 74 age, 30 sample-up 75) situated at Rajkot district (Gujarat). Hence, this gives variables of age, gender and family type for analysis of this data. The researcher was use statistical technique ‘F’ and ‘t’ to get results. And result there will be no significant effect of life satisfaction among gender, age and family type.