A STUDY ON EFFECT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON MENTAL HEALTH OF RURAL AND URBAN SCHOOL STUDENTS OF UTTARAKHAND
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of socio-economic status on mental health of rural and urban school students of uttarakhand. The sample consists of total 200 students. This was categorized into two groups i.e. rural and urban. Out of 100 rural students 35 were selected randomly as High SES and 35as Low SES. Also out of 100 urban school students 35 were selected randomly as High SES and 35 as Low SES student for the study. The subject was delimited to school students and age group between 14-18 years of Uttarakhand state government. The data was analyses with the help of Statistical Procedure in which Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test were employed with the help of SPSS 16. The Result revealed that Rural High SES School going students were significantly good mental health than low SES. In case of Urban High SES School going students were significantly good mental health than low SES.
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