Research Article
Mental Health Status among Married Working Women Residing in Bhubaneswar City, India: A Psychosocial Survey
Table 4
Family/social issues and bivariate associations with mental health outcomes.
| | Variables | Mental health status | | Poor (%) | Normal (%) | , df, |
| | Experiencing any conflict | | | | | Yes | 36 (42.9) | 48 (57.1) | 6.213, 1, 0.013 | | No | 35 (26.5) | 97 (73.5) | | Doing justice to both roles | | | | | Yes | 52 (30.4) | 119 (69.6) | 2.253, 1, 0.133 | | No | 19 (42.2) | 26 (57.8) | | Participation in decision making process of family | | | | | Yes | 53 (29.8) | 125 (70.2) | 4.393, 1, 0.036 | | No | 18 (47.4) | 20 (52.6) | | Change in attitude of contemporary men | | | | | Yes | 61 (33.7) | 120 (66.3) | 0.350, 1, 0.554 | | No | 10 (28.6) | 25 (71.4) | | Belief in natural superiority of men | | | | | Yes | 30 (30.0) | 70 (70.0) | 0.695, 1, 0.404 | | No | 41 (35.3) | 75 (64.7) | | Women’s employment raising family/social status | | | | | Yes | 63 (32.8) | 129 (67.2) | 0.003, 1, 0.959 | | No | 08 (33.8) | 16 (66.7) | | Time for attending social obligation | | | | | Yes | 34 (26.6) | 94 (73.4) | 5.665, 1, 0.017 | | No | 37 (42.0) | 51 (58.0) | | Attending religious services | | | | | 0-1 time/month | 62 (32.5) | 129 (67.5) | 0.125, 1, 0.723 | | >1 time/month | 09 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | | Spending time for yoga/meditation/exercise | | | | | Nil | 63 (36.8) | 108 (63.2) | 6.652, 2, 0.036 | | 1-2 times/week | 06 (23.1) | 20 (76.9) | | >2 times/week | 02 (10.5) | 17 (89.5) |
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