The Effect of Life Satisfaction and Religiosity on Happiness among Post Graduates in Malaysia

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to examine the effect of life satisfaction and religiosity on happiness among postgraduates in Malaysia. A total of 124 questionnaires were applied to selected postgraduates in three public universities. A multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the effect of life satisfaction and religiosity on happiness among respondents. As a result from the data collected, it was found that, all factors (life satisfaction and religiosity) were significantly give an effect to individual’s happiness. Among predictors, the variable of Life Satisfaction gives the strongest effect to individual’s happiness as compared to religiosity and frequent of prayer. This research can be beneficial to the field of happiness study especially in Malaysia context which comprise of multi racial citizens.