A descriptive study to assess the social problems and coping strategies among senior citizens living in selected villages of district Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab

Abstract

A Descriptive research study was conducted to assess the social problems and coping
strategies among senior citizens in selected villages of district Fatehgarh Sahib. The
descriptive research design was adopted and standardized questionnaire was adopted for
sample of 60 senior citizens of age above 60 years were selected by convenient sampling
technique. The results revealed that there was a significant association between gender,
education, type of family, family monthly income and source of income of social problems
among senior citizens. The study was concluded that most of the senior citizens did not face
any social problem and senior citizens who faced any social problem uses adaptive coping
strategies.