social pharmacy d-pharm 1st year by Pragati K. Mahajan
Social skills among single women (1)
1. An empirical study on
the factors influencing
working women’s
preference for online
shopping of dresses in
Mumbai City
Mrs.Nandini
Jagannarayan
Dr T. A Jayachitra
2. Objectives
of the
study
To identify the extent of social
skills among single women in
Mumbai City
To investigate if age has a
significant association with
social skills
To investigate if socio economic
status has a significant
association with social skills.
3. Limitations
of the
Study
The study covers the limited
geographical area of select
suburbs of Mumbai City. So,
the result of the study may not
be justified to other metros
2. The targeted population of
the study is only the parents
whose daughters of the age
group 20 to 50 years old.
4. Methodology
involved
Period of the study was from October 1, 2019 1, 2020
to July 2, 2020
Primary: Personal interview was conducted among
66 single women. Single women in the age group of
20-65 respondents were surveyed by administering
questionnaires through google form. .
Sampling technique - Snowball
Area of study : Select suburbs of Mumbai (Mulund,
Ghatkopar, Chembur and Matunga)
5. Methodology
involved
Secondary sources : Journals,
Periodicals, News papers, M.Phil
and PhD thesis
Tools of analysis – frequency
analysis (for demographic profile
of the respondents
• Chi-Squared test – for testing of
hypothesis
• Factor analysis based on principal
component varimax rotation– to
condense the 27 factors in to 5 factors
to find out the factors majorly affecting
the social skills of single women
7. Rationale of the study
Negative impact on women who don’t have a
spouse in terms of their personality has
adversely affected their social skills– social skills
are essential for building and maintaining
relationships …
identification of the extent of their social skills is
the need of the hour so that, it can be
enhanced, if required
8. Results and Discussions
1. Socio economic and
demographic profile of the
respondents
2. Marital Status of the
respondents
20%
62%
18%
Age wise distribution of the
respondents
20-35
35-50
50-65
7
3 2 1
31
0
2
6
4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Student Service Self Employed Others (Home maker
etc)
Chart Title
20-35 35-50 50-65
9. • Ho: Age of single women has no significant association with their social skills
Ho: Occupation of single women has no association with their social skills
• It can be said that Age has no significant association with the respondents’
social skills while, their occupation is significantly associated with their social skills.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIO-
ECONOMIC STATUS AND SOCIAL
SKILLS OF THE RESPONDENTS
DEGREES OF
FREEDOM
TABLE
VALUE CALCULATED VALUE
RESULTS OF
HYPOTHESIS
Factors
Age 18 28.869 24.385 Accepted
Occupation 18 28.869 30.736 Rejected
Chi Square Test Results
10. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
I find it easy to establish contact with important
persons.
I don’t get angry when I am criticised by my
friends.
Learning is fun for me (I enjoy learning new
things).
I can socialise well.
I do not hesitate in expressing my disagreement.
I have several friends I can count on, as and when I
need them
I'm jealous of friends who achieve more than I do.
People like me.
12
14
12
15
11
14
2
18
7
14
9
2
18
5
14
12
16
19
14
12
10
18
19
13
12
13
12
12
17
19
12
13
19
6
19
25
10
10
19
10
Responses to questions on social skills
Strongly Disagree Disagree Sometimes Agree Strongly Agree
11. Factors analysis – Factor—
Social Skills
Source: Analyses were based
on the sample surveyed
All the above factors have a significant relevance
on the Social Skills of Single women As their
factor loadings are above 0.6, (except the factor
that says “I'm jealous of friends who achieve
more than I do”, which explains 9.26 percent of
the variation ) with the variances indicated
against the factors.
Variables
Factor
Loadings
% of variation
explained
I find it easy to establish contact with important persons. 0.87 22.43
I don’t get angry when I am criticised by my friends 0.80 16.18
Learning is fun for me (I enjoy learning new things) 0.74 14.24
I can socialise well 0.71 12.64
I do not hesitate in expressing my disagreement 0.63 9.44
I have several friends I can count on, as and when I need them 0.71 6.24
I'm jealous of friends who achieve more than I do. 0.54 9.26
People like me 0.73 9.57
12. Conclusion
In the last few years, singularity
has become a common
phenomenon has become a
socially acceptable status of
women and women are also
able to cope up well with their
singlehood and handle their
responsibilities better. Some of
the respondents unanimously
mentioned “It is better to be
alone than in a toxic
relationship”. They also felt a
lot empowered.
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15. • We would both like to
thank the esteemed
organisation for
giving us this
opportunity to
present our work.
