Inequality: An Analysis of Relationship between Happiness and Socioeconomic Inequality among Students

Montasir Fahad¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.5 , Issue.11 , pp.37-41, Nov-2019

Online published on Nov 30, 2019

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Abstract :
Inequality in Bangladesh has always been referred to as a major problem. The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey released by the Bangladesh Statistical Bureau (BBS) found that the income share of the 10 percent of our population was 0.23 percent of the overall income. By contrast, the richest 5 percent’s share of income grew by 27.89 percent, up from 20.11 percent in 2010. This suggests that the bottom 10 percent’s share of the national income has decreased because the share of the richest 5 percent has increased staggeringly. The paper aims to analyze the relationship between happiness and socioeconomic background who are undergraduate and graduate students of a university. The goal of the study is to find out whether there is a relationship between socioeconomic inequality and happiness or not. This study examines, those who belong to middle-class families are happier and they are highly motivated and focused on their future.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Socioeconmic Inequality, Happiness, Unequal distribution

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