Effect of Students Gender and Type of School on Their Wellbeing: An Analytical Study

Abstract

The present study was endeavour to assess the level of wellbeing among students studying government and private schools and further to explore the effect of their gender and type of school on wellbeing level. Total 200 students studying in schools locating at Jaysingpur and Sangli city were included as Subjects. Students’ wellbeing was assessed using General Wellbeing Scale prepared by Kalia and Deswal. This five-points Likert’s scale has 55 items. Split half reliability coefficient of the scale is .989 and the construct validity is ranges .639 to .715. The present study was adopted 2 X 2 factorial design, hence, obtained data was analysed by using descriptive (Mean and Standard Deviation), and inferential statistics viz. Two-way ANOVA. Results revealed that, the level of wellbeing was found significantly higher in male students than to female students. Further, it was found that the government schools provide better environment to cherish significantly higher level of wellbeing than private schools. Finally, it was also found that the gender and type of school has significant interaction effect of students’ wellbeing level.