Abstract:
Quality of Life (QoL) is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as
a person’s perception of their condition in life in relation to the way of life and
value systems in which they live, as well as their goals, wants, standards, and
worries. University students are a distinct demographic in that their issues,
burdens, and concerns differ from those of other groups of people. They are
subjected to a variety of stress, including academic pressure, social challenges,
and financial difficulties, etc. This study tries to analyze factors affecting
university students’ QoL in terms of satisfaction with academic aspects, social
aspects, and facilities. Data were obtained from the self-administrative
questionnaire that was distributed randomly to 200 final year students from
four faculties within the University of Ruhuna. The four faculties are chosen
using simple random sampling technique. They are Faculty of Science,
Medicine, Fisheries and Marine Sciences and Technology, and the Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences. This study employed a stratified sampling
technique to choose respondents from faculties. Data were was analyzed using
R statistical package for preliminary analysis, factor analysis, and Structural
Equation Modeling. It was found that 62 % of the respondents are female and
38% male. According to this study, University of Ruhuna students’ quality of
life is highly impacted by their satisfaction with the level of facility
satisfaction and academic, and social aspects respectively.
