Quality of life and stress among college students from two different economic statuses

Abstract

The objective was to compare and study the difference in quality of life and stress, between students belonging to two different economic statuses of lower Socio-economic status and higher Socio-economic status. The study was conducted on post graduate students aged between 21-23 years pursuing post-graduation course. A between group design with purposive sampling was considered for the study. Kuppuswamy Socio-economic Scale was used to identify students belonging to lower Socio-economic status and higher Socio-economic status. Thirty students each belonging to lower Socio-economic status and higher Socio-economic status were administered quality of life scale and stress scale. The responses were scored and results analyzed by computing Mean, Standard Deviation and ‘t’ test to study the difference in level of quality of life and stress between students of lower Socio-economic status and higher Socio-economic status. The results indicated that there was a significant difference in quality of life and stress between Lower Socio Economic Status and High Socio Economic Status.