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Subjective Wellbeing/135
The table depicts the subjective wellbeing of elderly before and after intervention.
The results show the level of wellbeing (11.69± 1.746) and after (23.87± 1.0922)
the intervention. The number of elderly intervened were 49. The standard error
mean before and after the intervention were .249 and .156 respectively.
The subjective wellbeing of the respondents showed an increase of 12.1836 after
the intervention at 95 percent Confidence Interval- CI (12.6835, 11.683). There is
a significant difference after the intervention of elderly. It could be concluded that
the average increase of 12.18367 is due to the intervention and not chance variation.
Therefore it could be stated that the intervention was effective in enhancing
wellbeing in elderly.
Table 2 Demographic details of respondents

Sl No Demographic details of respondents Categories Frequency Percentage
1. Sex of the respondents Male 17 34.7
Female 32 65.3
Total 49 100
2. Marital status of the respondents Married 45 91.8
Widow 4 8.2
Total 49 100
3. Place of living of the respondents Urban 35 71.4
Semi urban 14 28.6
Total 49 100
4. Employment status of the respondents Retired 48 98
Self employed 1 2
Total 49 100
5. Income of the respondents Below 10000 1 2
10000-15000 6 12.2
15000-20000 9 18.4
20000-25000 26 53.1
25000-30000 7 14.3
Total 49 100
6. Age of the respondents 55-59 8 16.3
60-64 18 36.7
65-69 8 16.3
70-74 9 18.4
75-79 6 12.2
Total 49 100

Adelaide Journal of Social Work, 4:1 (2017) : 135-137