EXPLORING THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF FEMALE UNIVERSITY LEARNERS-A PHENOMENOLOGICAL CASE STUDY

Abstract

The study designed to analyze the social well-being of female university students because social wellbeing of the female students is one of the important concerns of the female students particularly in Pakistani context. A qualitative phenomenological case study is carried out to focus on graduate and postgraduate students to discover lived experiences and views of ten female participants of SMIU, Karachi. The study follows qualitative methods of data collection and analysis and for that purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. The study topic focuses on how these students deal with social challenges during their university experiences. Data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and data was analyzed by using a thematic analysis. The findings indicated social challenges were transportation, time management, balanced between personal and academic life, age factors, peer pressure, discrimination, assignment burden. The current research not only throws light on female university learners’ experiences but it also provides insights for academic institutions seeking to improve the well-being of female students.