A Study of Life Satisfaction of Educated Unemployed Youth

Abstract

There was some of the Purpose of the Study as the main aim of the present study is to find out difference in level of life satisfaction of educated unemployed people. Second purpose is to find out difference in level of life satisfaction of with male and female people. Another aim is to find out difference in level of life satisfaction among rural and urban people. Further intended is to find out difference in level of life satisfaction among different ages of people. One more purpose is to find out difference in level of life satisfaction of with its interaction effect on male and female, rural and urban and different ages of people. Life satisfaction is an overall assessment of feelings and attitudes about one’s life at a particular point in time ranging from negative to positive. It is one of three major indicators of well-being: life satisfaction, positive effect, and negative effect. Life satisfaction is a multi-dimensional concept. As noted above, the notion of quality of life and the consideration of several areas of life broaden the narrower focus on income and material conditions which prevails in other approaches. Multi-dimensionality not only requires the description of several life areas, but emphasizes the interplay between domains as this contributes to quality of life. The sample for the study comprised of 480 randomly selected out of 500 samples. The life satisfaction questionnaire developed by Q G Alam & R Shrivastava, It contains 69 Yes/No type items which yield a total score covering six areas — health, personal, economic, marital, social and job, Standardized on 875 adults aging between 18 to 40 years. Data analysis of questionnaire and demographic details were subjected through SPSS for t test, Interaction Effect and Correlation.