A comparative study of the effect of socio-economic status on the level of aspiration of rural and urban young girls

The study was conducted in three districts of Haryana viz., Rohtak, Sonepat and Bhiwani (both rural and urban areas) on 180 girls aged between 14 to 15 years; taking level of aspiration as a dependent variable arid. socio-economic status as an independent variable. Level of aspiration was assessed with Shah and Bhargava s test (1987) and socio~conomic status was ascertained with Bhardwaj and Chauhan's Scale (1989). The study revealed that majority of respondentsooth rural and urban had average level of aspiration. A significant association has been found between socio-economic status scores and level of aspiration.