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Sumara Naz, Samina Naz, and Seema Gul
International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of economic independence,
social support and quality of life among elderly people. The sample of 160 elderly people
of age range 60 to 75 with education level from intermediate to masters was taken for
the current study. Demographic Sheet was used to record the person characteristics
of participants. Economic independence was also recorded as demographic by asking
about personal source of income of an individual. Social support was measured by
using Multidimensional scale of perceived social support. Quality of life Scale (Flanagan,
1982) was used to measure the quality of life of elderly people. It was hypothesized that
social support is positively correlated with quality of life. It was also hypothesized that
elderly people who have more income and economically independent will score high on
social support and quality of life scale. Results strengthens the hypotheses of the study.
Furthermore results of the current study suggested that elderly people who are living
in joint family system are receiving more social support and have good quality of life.
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