Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Happiness of Working and Non-Working Women

Pratibha Ranjan; Md Hassan Jafri

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| Published: March 31, 2025

Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Happiness of Working and Non-Working Women

Pratibha Ranjan

Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Patna University Google Scholar More about the auther

, Md Hassan Jafri

PhD, Department of Psychology, Patna College, Patna Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.240.20251301

DOI: 10.25215/1301.240

ABSTRACT

Happiness is an important issue in people’s life and Socio-economic status (SES) has crucial role to play in it. This study aimed to investigate the influence of the SES on Happiness on women. Adopting a cross-sectional research design, data were collected from 200 women in Bihar state. Correlation analysis revealed that there is relationship between SES and happiness. Regression analysis exhibited that the SES explained significant variance on happiness. It is found that people who belong to lower education and income have significantly negative influence on the level of happiness.

Keywords

Socio-economic status (SES), Happiness, Women

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How to cite this article: Ranjan, P. & Jafri, M.H. (2025). Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Happiness of Working and Non-Working Women. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 13(1), 2545-2550. DIP:18.01.240.20251301, DOI:10.25215/1301.240