Subjective Well-Being of the Rural Elderly: A Survey on Family of Two Villages of Northwest in Bangladesh
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 8
Abstract
The study attempted to investigate Subjective well-being (SWB) of the rural elderly people of two villages in Bangladesh. To reach at the end of the investigation of the study SWB of 402 respondents (male =238, female =164) was measured by administering Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH) developed by Kozma and Stones (1980) through a family survey. The t-test and one-way ANOVA were used as statistical tools to analyze the data through IBM SPSS (Version-20.0). Results of the study revealed that, SWB of the elderly people of those villages is relatively better. The finding is not consistent with the findings of earlier studies of Camfield, Choudhury and Devine (2009); Khan, Jahan, and Haque (2007). Comparisons were also made on the basis of gender and level of education of the respondents. Significant difference of SWB was found between male and female respondents. Happiness of male respondents found significantly higher than that of the female counterpart. This finding is supported by the findings of Van Miah et al. (2010); Pinquart and Sorensen (2001); and Plagnol and Easterlin (2008). Results also revealed that, level of education is a strong predictor of mental well-being of the rural elderly resemble the findings of the study of Diener, et al. (1999); Mahmuda, A. (1998); Pinquart and Sorensen (2000); and Yang (2008b).
Authors and Affiliations
Raihan Ali, Md. Mozibul Huq Azad Khan, Md. Torun Hasan
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