COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GENDER AND AREA WISE ANXIETY LEVEL OF SENIOR CITIZENS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND UTTAR PRADESH STATE OF INDIA

The main objective of the study was to compare the Anxiety Level of Senior Citizens of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh State of India. The present researcher used simple random sampling method for the selection of 2000 subjects (Senior Citizens) for the present study. 100 Male and 100 Female Senior Citizens were taken together from each district taken for the present study of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh State of India. The study was conducted by using the Standardized Questionnaires for measuring the Anxiety Status of Senior Citizens. - Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS). The data collected was statistically analyzed by using Percentage and Chi Square was specially used to found the significance difference in Anxiety Level of both states. Conclusion: The male and female senior citizens of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh differed significantly in respect to their Anxiety Level.