Relationship between Social Adjustment and Personal Variables of Rural Elderly Female

Pages: 441-443
Pinki Ninaniya (Department of Human Development & Family Studies,CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, Haryana)
Sheela Sangwan (Department of Human Development & Family Studies,CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, Haryana)

India has currently become grey country with highest population of the aged in the world after China. Aging is natural process, despite discarding, elderly also required respect and attention equally like others. The current study examined the relationship between social adjustments with personal variables between the age group of 60-75 years. Haryana and Rajasthan two state were selected for sampling process. Social adjustment scale developed by Sisodia (2008) was used to assess most important aspect of life i.e. social adjustment. Results of correlations, analyses disclosed that family aspects of social adjustment was found to be positively and significantly correlated with age, marital status, and level of dependency. Further results highlighted that finance aspects of social adjustment is positively correlated with type of family and level of dependency.