An Outlook of Gender Differential Happiness in India

Title

An Outlook of Gender Differential Happiness in India

Creator

Palathara T.S.; Pulikkamath A.

Description

Studies on happiness and subjective wellbeing, in general, are aplenty, but applying a gender lens to it is comparatively rare, especially in the Indian context. The social construction of gender roles will influence happiness being a subjective matter. This paper explores this idea of gender differential happiness in light of India's peculiar social and cultural context. Using the World Value Survey (WVS) for India (Wave 6) in 2012 and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analysis, the study finds that self-reported happiness is gender differential in India. Factors such as marital status, educational attainments, managerial roles and thrust on women empowerment were found to be vital for happiness for all. However, there are visible patriarchal gender stereotype notions with factors such as individual autonomy and homemaking. 2024 IEEE.

Source

TQCEBT 2024 - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Trends in Quantum Computing and Emerging Business Technologies 2024

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Subject

female happiness; gender; gendering happiness; happiness; India; OLS; Ordinary Least Square Regression; self-reported happiness; World Value Survey; WVS

Coverage

Palathara T.S., Department of Data Science, Christ (Deemed to Be University), Pune, Lavasa, India; Pulikkamath A., School of Social Sciences and Humanities, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 979-835038427-7

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1109/TQCEBT59414.2024.10545134

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