Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study

Life satisfaction in Malaysia is influenced by socio-demographics such as marital status, age, gender, religiosity, ethnicity and geographical area. However, there is also additional external factor that influenced women’s life satisfaction which is work-life conflict. This study aims to investigate...

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Main Authors: Elpidia Juli, Md Sayed Uddin, Trixie Marjorie Tangit
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25337/
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description Life satisfaction in Malaysia is influenced by socio-demographics such as marital status, age, gender, religiosity, ethnicity and geographical area. However, there is also additional external factor that influenced women’s life satisfaction which is work-life conflict. This study aims to investigate women’s work-life conflict in relation to their life satisfaction based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Secondly, this study also investigates women’s level of life satisfaction in Sabah, Malaysia. A quantitative research design by using self-administered questionnaire via online Google Form and physical hand-in was used to answer the research objectives. A total of 348 female respondents have voluntarily participated in the study that work in government institutions, by using convenience sampling method. Based on findings, work-life conflict has negatively correlated with a strong correlation of -0.373 towards life satisfaction and vice versa. In addition, female respondents’ level of life satisfaction is overall between neutral. This study offers new insights where one of insights is women in Sabah, Malaysia, especially female government servants feel unsure whether that they are highly satisfied in life, especially individuals in the mid 30’s and above.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:253372025-06-10T08:45:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25337/ Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study Elpidia Juli, Md Sayed Uddin, Trixie Marjorie Tangit, Life satisfaction in Malaysia is influenced by socio-demographics such as marital status, age, gender, religiosity, ethnicity and geographical area. However, there is also additional external factor that influenced women’s life satisfaction which is work-life conflict. This study aims to investigate women’s work-life conflict in relation to their life satisfaction based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Secondly, this study also investigates women’s level of life satisfaction in Sabah, Malaysia. A quantitative research design by using self-administered questionnaire via online Google Form and physical hand-in was used to answer the research objectives. A total of 348 female respondents have voluntarily participated in the study that work in government institutions, by using convenience sampling method. Based on findings, work-life conflict has negatively correlated with a strong correlation of -0.373 towards life satisfaction and vice versa. In addition, female respondents’ level of life satisfaction is overall between neutral. This study offers new insights where one of insights is women in Sabah, Malaysia, especially female government servants feel unsure whether that they are highly satisfied in life, especially individuals in the mid 30’s and above. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25337/1/204_216%20Life%20Satisfaction%20among%20Women%20in%20Sabah%20Malaysia%20A%20Quantitative%20Study.pdf Elpidia Juli, and Md Sayed Uddin, and Trixie Marjorie Tangit, (2025) Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study. e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 22 (1). pp. 204-216. ISSN 1823-884x http://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/index
spellingShingle Elpidia Juli,
Md Sayed Uddin,
Trixie Marjorie Tangit,
Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study
title Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study
title_full Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study
title_fullStr Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study
title_full_unstemmed Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study
title_short Life satisfaction among women in Sabah, Malaysia: a quantitative study
title_sort life satisfaction among women in sabah, malaysia: a quantitative study
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25337/1/204_216%20Life%20Satisfaction%20among%20Women%20in%20Sabah%20Malaysia%20A%20Quantitative%20Study.pdf