A Comparative Study of Life Satisfaction and Marital Adjustment of Employed and Unemployed Married Women

Abstract

A comparison of the life satisfaction and marital adjustment of employed and unemployed married women. Sample of the study consisted of 100 women (employed married women 50 and unemployed married women 50). Life satisfaction scale (Alam and Srivastava, 2000), and Marital Adjustment Questionnaire (Kumar and Rohtagi, 1991) were used. Result indicates that significant difference was found between the life satisfaction of employed and unemployed married women. The finding also shows that employed married women have better life satisfaction than unemployed married women. And there is no significance difference between the marital adjustment of employed and unemployed married women.