General Health and Social Support among Male and Female Employees Working in Non-Nationalized Banks

The present investigation was conducted to get an insight into general health and social support among employees working in non-nationalized banks. The study was carried out in Chandigarh and its satellite towns-Panchkula and S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, on a sample of 200 male and female employees having minimum 1year of job experience from 5 non-nationalized banks (20 males and 20 females from each bank). Standardized tools were used to measure general health and social support. The findings revealed that female employees working in non-nationalized banks had poor level of general health, while male employees had average level of health in general. It was also found that both female and male employees working in non-nationalized banks had average followed by less number of social support from their families, colleagues and friends. Majority of them perceived average satisfaction with their social support.