Differential Effect of Gender and Locality on Big five Factors of Personality and Life Satisfaction among Elderly

The present study was carried out to understand the differential effect of locality and gender on big five factors of personality and life satisfaction among elderly during 2016-17 in Dharwad taluk of Karnataka. The sample comprised of 70 elderly; 35 elderly from rural area and 35 elderly from urban area (31 were male and 39 were female) in the age of 60 or above years. The background information of the elderly was collected with the help of self-structured questionnaire. Big Five Inventory was used to identify the big five factors of personality among elderly. Life satisfaction tool was used to measure life satisfaction among elderly. The results revealed that male and female were similar in their big five factors of personality and also in their life satisfaction. Subsequently, elderly from rural area were distinctively better in big five factors of personality than urban area but elderly from urban area were distinctively better in life satisfaction than elderly from rural area.