Influence of Unemployment on Quality of Life among the Youth of Jammu and Kashmir

Purpose: This research paper is a bid to study the effect of gender and birth order on quality of life among unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir. Design: This study is based on sample of 200 subjects equally divided into two equal groups gender (male and female) further these two groups are equally divided into two more sub groups on the basis of birth order (first born and second born). Quality of Life Scale was used for data collection. For statistical analysis Mean and Two way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied. Findings: The findings from this study indicate that gender and birth order have significant effect on quality of life. Results also show that male and second born unemployed persons have good quality of life than female and first born unemployed persons. Conclusion: It is concluded that both gender and birth order are influential factors of quality of life.