Assessment of Stress among Working Women in Rural and Urban Areas

Pages: 596-599
Pages: 596-599
Kavita Kumari (Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Sciences, CCS HAU, Hisar Haryana)
Bimla Dhanda (Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Sciences, CCS HAU, Hisar Haryana)

Presently, women are significantly contributing to the nation’s overall progress by balancing domestic life as well as professional life and playing a vital role in the economic and social development of the nation and their participation in income generation activities gives them satisfaction at their home up to a greater extent. Working women with dual roles are leading to stress in their lives as still they perform most of the household chores including, child and elder care with equivalent to her full-time jobs. The double work pressure affects their life satisfaction, adjustment, happiness, and mental health. Women have been playing vital roles in households since ages but they had stress due to their multiple roles, discrimination and stereotyping. So, present study was conducted in Hisar districtto assess the stress among working women. Study found that nearly forty seven percent of the respondents were having low level of stress followed by medium and high level of stress. Mean scores indicated that rural respondents had more perceived stress (M=16.71) as compared to urban respondents (M=8.98). Comparison of stress on the basis of area resulted significant difference (Z=2.76*) at 0.05 level of significance for rural and urban working women.There was significant (Z =7.23*) differences between social interaction anxiety of respondents in rural and urban areas were observed. It is suggested that one should be more assertive and communicate his or her concern in an open and respectful way.