Open AccessSocio-economic status of the recipients of social security allowance: a case study of Kaski, Nepal
Author(s) -
Deepesh Ranabhat,
Sujita Adhikari,
Pradeep Sapkota,
Mala Ranabhat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nepalese journal of insurance and social security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2738-9693
pISSN - 2565-4942
DOI - 10.3126/njiss.v4i1.42354
Subject(s) - allowance (engineering) , residence , social security , government (linguistics) , socioeconomics , economic security , multistage sampling , descriptive statistics , economic growth , standard of living , business , economics , demographic economics , medicine , operations management , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pathology , market economy
The research aims to assess the impact of social security allowance on socio-economic status of the recipients and differences in socio-economic status of the recipients. Multistage sampling technique has been used for the selection of samples. The data has been collected through self-structured questionnaires from 170 respondents who have been receiving social security allowance provided by the Government of Nepal. Thus, descriptive as well as cross-sectional research design has been used for this study. The study found that social security benefits play very important role in improving socio-economic status of the beneficiaries by enhancing the economic well-being, health access, social status, self-respect and respect from others, and living standard of the recipients. The study also found that there is a significant difference in socio-economic well-being of recipients by area of residence, employment status, duration of getting allowance, and allowance as major source of income.