Kamlesh Singh and Shilpa Bandyopadhyay Sonika Dangi
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Government College for Girls, Haryan
The present study compared the well-being of married migrant and non-migrant women of rural Haryana. It comprised of 80 women from each group (N=160). The mean age of the married migrant women was 17.92 years (σ=2.68) while that of their non-migrant counterparts was 19.59 years (σ=1.6). The findings of the study indicated a statistically significant difference between the migrant and non-migrant women in terms of their general health (t=-2.50, p<.05), happiness (t=2.10, p<.05), and life satisfaction (t=2.62, p<.01). Besides, the acculturative stress of the migrant women was found to have a significant correlation with each of these dimensions of their well-being (general health: r=0.22, p<.05; happiness: r=-0.28, p<.05; life satisfaction: r=-0.41, p<.01). Furthermore, acculturative stress also significantly predicted their general health (β=.22, p<.05), happiness (β=-.28, p<.05) as well as life satisfaction (β=-.41, p<.01). Apart from the quantitative data, one-to-one interviews were conducted with the participants and the qualitative data was subjected to content analysis. The objective of the qualitative study was to understand the views of both groups of participants about certain aspects of Haryanvi society, and their married life
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