Factors affecting quality of life of rural population

Pages: 1197-1198
A. B. Singh and P. S. N. Tiwari (Department of Psychology, D. D. U. Gorakhpur, University, Gorakhpur, UP)

Quality of life in the rural setting is a multifaceted phenomenon determined by the cumulative and interactive impacts of numerous and varied factors like housing conditions, infrastructure, access to various amenities, income, standard of living, satisfaction about the physical and social environment (Phillips, 2006).The present study is an attempt to examine the factors affecting quality of life of rural population. Two hundred forty villagers belonging to various categories from Ballia district of eastern U.P. were subjected to measure of quality of life. Results revealed that the factors such as number of earning member in the family, level of education, land holding, level of ecological change and age of the villagers emerged as significant predictors of quality of life. The implications of the findings have been discussed.