Mental Health and Depression among Working and Non-Working Women

Abstract

The present study investigated mental health and depression of working and non-working women. A total 100 urban women (50 working and 50 non-working) from Kolhapur city, Maharashtra state, India were selected through random sampling method. The variables of the study were measured by using Mithila Mental Health Inventory developed by Anand Kumar and Giridhar P. Thakur and Depression Scale developed by Dr. Shamim Karim and Dr. Rama Tiwari were used in this study. The obtained data was analyzed by using mean, SD, t test and correlation. The result reveals that there is no significance difference found among working and non-working women in relation to mental health and depression. The result also reveals that there is no correlation found between mental health and depression among working and non-working women.