Research Article
Mental Health Status among Married Working Women Residing in Bhubaneswar City, India: A Psychosocial Survey
Table 3
Workplace and home situation and bivariate associations with mental health outcome.
| | Variables | Mental health status | | Poor (%) | Normal (%) | , df, |
| | Reason for working | | | | | Financial constraint | 29 (38.2) | 47 (61.8) | 2.528, 2, 0.283 | | Personal interest | 32 (32.7) | 66 (67.3) | | Husband’s will | 10 (23.8) | 32 (76.2) | | Started career | | | | | Before marriage | 50 (35.5) | 91 (64.5) | 1.235, 1, 0.266 | | After marriage | 21 (28.0) | 54 (72.0) | | Workplace atmosphere | | | | | Conducive | 40 (26.3) | 112 (73.7) | 11.759, 2, 0.003 | | Not conducive | 18 (56.2) | 14 (43.8) | | Neutral | 13 (40.6) | 19 (59.4) | | Attitude of colleagues | | | | | Favourable | 48 (26.5) | 133 (73.5) | 20.419, 1, 0.000 | | Unfavourable/indifferent | 23 (65.7) | 12 (34.3) | | Attitude of husband/in-laws | | | | | Favourable | 54 (29.8) | 127 (70.2) | 4.666, 1, 0.031 | | Unfavourable/indifferent | 17 (48.6) | 18 (51.4) | | Managing household affairs satisfactorily | | | | | Almost always | 09 (25.0) | 27 (75.0) | 3.507, 3, 0.319 | | Frequently | 20 (35.1) | 37 (64.9) | | Occasionally | 28 (30.4) | 64 (69.6) | | Rarely/never | 14 (45.2) | 17 (54.8) | | Family members expecting same work as nonworking women | | | | | Yes | 30 (31.9) | 64 (68.1) | 0.069, 1, 0.793 | | No | 41 (33.6) | 81 (66.4) | | Misunderstanding/quarrels with husband | | | | | Yes | 10 (41.7) | 14 (58.3) | 0.947, 1, 0.331 | | No | 61 (31.8) | 131 (68.2) | | Sharing own problems with husband | | | | | Yes | 55 (30.1) | 128 (69.9) | 4.304, 1, 0.038 | | No | 16 (48.5) | 17 (51.5) |
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