A study of subjective wellbeing of employed women and housewives of Aligarh region

Pages: 160-161
Abha Sharma (Department of Education, Vivekanand College of Education, Aligarh)
Nandita Chaube (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)

The aim of the present study is to examine the subjective well being among employed women and house wives of Aligarh region. The sample comprised of 60 respondents, 20 employed women and 20 housewives. It was hypothesized that there is no difference between subjective well-being of employed women and housewives. The subjective well being of the employed women and housewives was assessed by Flourishing Scale developed by Diener and Diener (2009). t-test was employed to analyse the data. Results showed significantly higher scores of subjective well being in employed women as compared to the housewives. Thus, the results indicate a significant difference between the both groups.