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EFFECTS OF LAND OWNERSHIP ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF THE POOR FARMERS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BANGLADESH
By: Md. Mozibul Huq Azad Khan, Md. Sarwar Jahan, Md. Ariful Haque
Key Words: Psychological well-being, rural poor, landless, owner of the Khas land
JLES-Vol-2-No-P-43-46, December 2007
AbstractThis 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 well- being 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.
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Md. Mozibul Huq Azad Khan, Md. Sarwar Jahan, Md. Ariful Haque
EFFECTS OF LAND OWNERSHIP ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF THE POOR FARMERS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BANGLADESH
JLES-Vol-2-No-P-43-46, December 2007
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