A Study of Job Satisfaction among Married And Unmarried Teachers at Secondary School Level in relation to Gender and Type of Institution in District Shopian of South Kashmir

The present study was conducted to find out the Job Satisfaction among married and unmarried teachers at secondary school level, in relation to gender and type of institution in District Shopian of South Kashmir. The descriptive method of research was adopted to carry out the study. A sample of 182 secondary school teachers was selected from the different high schools and higher secondary schools in district Shopian of South Kashmir. The Job Satisfaction Scale (DJSS) standardised by Meera Dixit (1986) were administered. The results revealed that there exists no significant difference between married and unmarried secondary school teachers in job satisfaction. It has been found that there exists significant difference between the government and private secondary school teachers in job satisfaction. Besides this, there exists insignificant difference between male and female secondary school teachers in job satisfaction. The results were drawn by using the descriptive statistical measures, mean, standard deviation, inferential statistical techniques like ‘t’ test.