Quality of Life as Correlate of Happiness In Elderly

Happiness is perceived to be the most important goal in life by humans. It is through the evaluation of choices in life the quality of life and happiness is determined. But when the choices are restricted due to the age constraint as in old-age, Can Quality of Life still be related to Happiness? This study’s purpose was to explore the correlation of Quality of Life with Happiness in Elderly males and females. The total sample of the study was 50 old adults (Males=25, Females=25) aged above 60 years. The sample was randomly selected from the urban area of the city. The results revealed that Quality of Life and Happiness are dependent on each other in old-age but there were no significant gender differences in both of the variables i.e. Both males and females elderly scored almost equally in Quality of Life and Happiness