Mental Health among Working and Non-Working Women in Nepal

Abstract

With the globalization and industrialization women started coming out of their traditional roles and started taking jobs in different sectors. But they are expected to fulfil their responsibilities as a wife, mother and daughter-in-law before they go to work. This puts a lot of pressure on women’s health and well-being as she has to juggle between her personal and professional life. Both working and non-working women have different sets of responsibilities. Even non-working women are all the time on their toes to fulfil the demands and requirements of the family members. They often supress their desires and are never appreciated for their commitment and dedication they show towards their family members and this impact their mental well-being. The purpose of the research is to study the mental health of working and non-working women. The sample was collected from Butwal, Nepal and consists of 50 working and 50 non-working women. The instrument used was Mental Health Inventory (MHI) by Veit and Ware.T ratio was applied on the data and the result indicated that working women had better mental health than the non-working women.