A Comparative Study of Working and Non-Working Women on Adjustment and Life Satisfaction

Abstract

Today’s, there is an absolutely necessary need to study adjustment and life satisfaction among working and non-working women. The main objective of the present study was to investigate and compare adjustment and life satisfaction level among working and non-working women. Sampling method was used for this study, 50 working and 50 working women were selected as part of the sample. Bell’s adjustment inventory was used to assess the level of adjustment among working and non-working women. Life satisfaction scale by Q.G. Alam and Ram ji Shrivastava was used to assess the life satisfaction level among working and non-working women. Results were evaluated and analyzed after using statistical techniques like mean, standard deviation and t-test with the help of SPSS software. The result showed that there exists a significant difference on the level of adjustment and life among working and non-working women. The mean value adjustment in working women is less than non-working women. The mean value of life satisfaction scale is more in working women than the non-working women, so from the scores obtained it is concluded that non-working women faces less adjustment problems and adjust as per the situation more efficiently and same is with the scores of life satisfaction scale that working women are more satisfy than the non-working women.