Research Article | Published: 15 April 2023

A study to assess socioeconomic status, climate change perception and mental health of farmers in Amritsar district of Punjab, India

Balbinder Singh

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 30 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 48-52 | 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2023-2S03X6 | Cite this article

Abstract

In the present work, 120 farmers (male only) were selected inhabiting in the Amritsar district of Punjab state in India. These farmers were engaged in growing citrus fruits, resins, medicinal plants, beekeeping for honey production, bamboo, cane, aromatic plants along with tradition cash crops. During study, three psychological measures as tools, i.e. Mental Health Inventory (MHI), Climate Change Perception Questionnaire (CCPQ) and Socio-Economic Status (SES rural) scale were used to assess socioeconomic status (SES), climate change perception (CCP) and mental health (MH) of farmers and to understand the relationship among these three factors. The results suggest that SES has significant positive correlation with Climate Change Perception (threatful) and mental health. Further, there is significant negative correlation between mental health and CCP (threatful). Mean comparisons suggest that Low Mental Health (LMH) farmers have high mean of climate change perception as they perceive climate change as threatful whereas High Mental Health (HMH) farmers have low mean on climate change perception which indicates- they perceive climate change as existential. Farmers with HMH have high SES in comparison with farmers who are in LMH group.

Keywords

Health, Livelihood, NTFP, Psychology, Threat

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Singh, B., 2023. A study to assess socioeconomic status, climate change perception and mental health of farmers in Amritsar district of Punjab, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 30(1), pp.48-52. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2023-2S03X6

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 10 March 2023

Manuscript Revised on 27 March 2023

Manuscript Accepted on 06 April 2023

Manuscript Published on 15 April 2023

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