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2017, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Part D

An association between socioeconomic status and lifestyle of sedentary male students


Author(s): Dr. Bharat Verma and Dr. Mahesh Singh Dhapola

Abstract:
Objective: The objective of the study was to find out relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and lifestyle (LS) of male students.
Methodology: The study was conducted on 50 sedentary male students, age ranged from 20 to 25 years who were randomly selected from the different Departments of Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur (C.G). Selected variables for the study were socioeconomic status (SES) and Lifestyle (LS). Kuppuswamy’s socioeconomic scale questionnaire (Shankar Reddy Dudala, 2012) and Life Style Assessment Inventory by Anspangh Davids, Michael, H. Hamrich and Frank D. Rosato were adopted to collect data for Socioeconomic Status and Life Style Assessment. The statistical techniques employed for this study were descriptive statistics and the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation, at 0.05 level of significance.
Result: The study depicted that there is significant relationship between the socioeconomic status and lifestyle (r=0.712, p < 0.05).
Conclusion: On the basis of the result of the study, it can be concluded that there is positive relationship between the socioeconomic status (SES) and lifestyle (LS).


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How to cite this article:
Dr. Bharat Verma, Dr. Mahesh Singh Dhapola. An association between socioeconomic status and lifestyle of sedentary male students. Int J Phys Educ Sports Health 2017;4(2):213-215.

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