Construction of scale to measure attitude of rural youth towards agriculture as a source of livelihood

Abstract

The research study was conducted during 2021-2022. In this study, attitude of rural youth towards agriculture as a source for livelihood was ascertained. Hence, an attempt has been made to construct a scale for measuring the attitude of rural youth towards agriculture. Method of summated rating scale, by Likert was used. Twenty four statements were selected from thirty statements for which „t‟ values were calculated. Statements both positive and negative with t-values more than 2.18 were selected. Statement wise content analysis of attitude of rural youth towards agriculture was tested. Finally 18 most suitable statements were retained and were used as final statements for attitude scale.