Effects of land ownership on psychological well-being of the poor farmers of the northern parts of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md Mozibul Huq Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi
  • Azad Khan Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi
  • Md Sarwar Jahan Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi
  • Md Ariful Haque Department of Psychology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jles.v2i2.7496

Keywords:

Psychological well-being, rural poor, landless, owner of the Khas land

Abstract

This study was designed to compare the psychological well-being of three categories of farmers in Bangladesh. They are the landless, Khas land allotees and the share-croppers. Charghat and Puthia Upazilla of Rajshahi District was the study area. Randomly selected 90 (30 from each group) respondents were the subjects of this study. To measure the psychological wellbeing the Bangla version of the MUNSH scale for Measuring happiness (Kazma and Stones 1980) was administered on the subjects. Results revealed that the psychological well-being of the Khas land allotees was best and psychological well-being of the landless was worst. On the other hand, the psychological well-being of the share-croppers was in between of the Khas land allotees and landless farmers.

Key words: Psychological well-being; rural poor; landless; owner of the Khas land

DOI: 10.3329/jles.v2i2.7496

J. Life Earth Sci., Vol. 2(2) 43-46, 2007  

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Huq, M. M., Khan, A., Jahan, M. S., & Haque, M. A. (2011). Effects of land ownership on psychological well-being of the poor farmers of the northern parts of Bangladesh. Journal of Life and Earth Science, 2(2), 43–46. https://doi.org/10.3329/jles.v2i2.7496

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007)

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