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Women and Well-Being:The Implication of Work


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Work and family are the two most important aspects in women's lives. Women have always played a pivotal role in the family catering to all the requirements of household. With the changing facets of modem society, on account of rapid industrialization and globalization, the role and responsibilities of women have attained a new perspective. More and more women are entering the workforce and have to balance the competing demands of both work and family. This has lead to an increasing concern regarding the implication of work on women's health and well-being. This paper aims to discuss well-being among women in relation to their work. A modified version of BBC Subjective Well-being Scale was used on a sample of 200 women comprising 100 working and 100 non working women. Correlation analysis and t-test were employed to analyze the data. Overall, working and non working women exhibited significantly different levels of well-being. Variations were also noticed with respect to different factors. Dual responsibilities at home and workplace might make a women financially secure but in the age of nuclear families this is infusing psychological problems among working women.

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Family, Marital Status, Women, Work, Well-Being.
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Authors

Fatima Islahi
Centre for Women's Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


Work and family are the two most important aspects in women's lives. Women have always played a pivotal role in the family catering to all the requirements of household. With the changing facets of modem society, on account of rapid industrialization and globalization, the role and responsibilities of women have attained a new perspective. More and more women are entering the workforce and have to balance the competing demands of both work and family. This has lead to an increasing concern regarding the implication of work on women's health and well-being. This paper aims to discuss well-being among women in relation to their work. A modified version of BBC Subjective Well-being Scale was used on a sample of 200 women comprising 100 working and 100 non working women. Correlation analysis and t-test were employed to analyze the data. Overall, working and non working women exhibited significantly different levels of well-being. Variations were also noticed with respect to different factors. Dual responsibilities at home and workplace might make a women financially secure but in the age of nuclear families this is infusing psychological problems among working women.

Keywords


Family, Marital Status, Women, Work, Well-Being.

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