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Attitude of Working and Non-Working Women Towards Menopausal Symptoms


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1 Department of Home Science, School of Earth Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded (M.S.), India
     

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The present study shows that the attitude of women towards menopausal symptoms in working and non-working women on the basis on questionnaire, variations in characteristics in age group 37- 45 years. Data on age group, educational status were collected from 80 menopausal women (40 working and 40 non-working women) in Nanded city. Working women were from teaching field, Anganwadi workers, beauty parlour, shop keeper, sewing work, kamwalis, nursing, clerical jobs, labour work and non-working women as house wives. The study findings observe that the menopausal symptoms i.e social/mental and medical/clinical aspects are remarkable in non-working women as compaired to working women.

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Menopause, Working, Non-Working Women.
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Asha Asaram Ghatge
Department of Home Science, School of Earth Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded (M.S.), India

Abstract


The present study shows that the attitude of women towards menopausal symptoms in working and non-working women on the basis on questionnaire, variations in characteristics in age group 37- 45 years. Data on age group, educational status were collected from 80 menopausal women (40 working and 40 non-working women) in Nanded city. Working women were from teaching field, Anganwadi workers, beauty parlour, shop keeper, sewing work, kamwalis, nursing, clerical jobs, labour work and non-working women as house wives. The study findings observe that the menopausal symptoms i.e social/mental and medical/clinical aspects are remarkable in non-working women as compaired to working women.

Keywords


Menopause, Working, Non-Working Women.

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