YOUTH’S LIFE QUALITY- A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS

Quality of Life (QOL) is a broad term capturing importance of physical, psychological, social and environmental characteristics in one's life. It has been observed that today's youth exhibits their impairment through various ways i.e., substance abuse, physical inactivity, high risk sexual behaviour, injury, violence and others. Thus, the QOL of youth requires proper attention. Evidence suggests that many of these problems can be reduced by promoting protecting strategies. This study was designed to evaluate the Quality of Life of youth of age 16 to 24 years. The WHO Quality of Life (QOL- BREF) Scale was used for collecting the data on different domains- physical, psychological, social and environmental Quality of Life of youth and same was collected for 60 youths of National Integration Camps (NIC). The descriptive analysis showed the moderate QOL of youth population. The youth's QOL was found significantly correlated with the domains of social (r=0.76), environmental (r=0.71), psychological (r=0.70) and physical (r=0.59). QOL of male participants was found better than their female counterparts. On the basis of result, it is stated that all the domains of QOL are necessary for happy and healthy life.