Coded respondents survey data to measure life satisfaction of self-help group women members

This study was designed to investigate the mediation effects of social
empowerment (SE) in the relationship between perceived social support
(PSS) and life satisfaction (LS) in women self-help group members. Also,
this research attempted to understand the moderating effect of decision
making (DM) and external communication (EC) on the relationship between
the constructs. To achieve the above objective, the primary data were
collected from the self-help group women members by using an existing
scale. In this survey, 333 participants who are members of self-help group
completed the questionnaire and considered for the study. The study is
non-experimental and survey-based, with no interventions or manipulations
involved. In line with ethical guidelines, we obtained informed consent
directly from each respondent before their participation. The path
coefficient values, t-statistics and P-Values confirmed the positive
relationship between PSS->LS; PSS->SE &
SE->LS in women self-group members. PLS structural equation
modelling estimated by the bootstrap method revealed that SE partially
mediates the relationship between PSS & LS. With regard to the
interaction effect, the slope analysis and f2 effect size confirmed the
moderating effect of EC in the relationship between PSS -> LS
& SE -> LS.