A comparative study on stress levels among working women and housewives of District Rohtak, Haryana

Ginni Agrawal; Piyush Jain; Sarika Yadav; Tarun Kumar

Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

A comparative study on stress levels among working women and housewives of District Rohtak, Haryana

Ginni Agrawal, Piyush Jain, Sarika Yadav, Tarun Kumar

Abstract :

Introduction:A woman employed within the home is a housewife, and outside the home is a working woman, but in both situations the woman is working. Balancing work and family-life together is a major issue for women. Family issues as well as work issues has resulted in women dealing with an increasing amount of stress. Aim and objective:The objective of the study was to compare the level of stress experienced by housewives and working women in the district Rohtak, Haryana. Methodology:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 housewives and 100 working women using General-role-stress-scale(GRSS), to assess the stress level among respondents. Results:Stress levels of working-women with mean 32.98(SD=5.44) and housewives with mean 29.08(SD=4.46) shows that working-women face more stress when compared to housewives, which was statistically significant (p-value=0.001). Conclusion:In order to avoid stress from negatively impacting lives, one needs to increase knowledge about stress management techniques.