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Influence of Women's Work Status On the Well-Being of Indian Couples

Chittaranjan Andrade

Kirstine Postma

K. Abraham

Background. In urban India, working women are expected to continue to discharge their traditional domestic duties; the likely result is compromised well-being due to role strain. Husbands of working women may also experience pressures and hence poorer well-being. Well-being in working couples, particularly husbands, is little researched in developing countries.

Method. The Subjective Well-Being Inventory was administered to 46 'one-working' (only husband employed) and 51 'both-working' (both spouses employed) randomly selected urban, middle-class couples.

Results. In one-working as well as both-working families, wives experienced less well-being than their husbands. Working wives experienced more confidence in coping than non-working wives. Husbands in both-working families experienced better social support but less social contact, less mental mastery, and poorer perceived health than husbands in one-working families. Few or no sociodemographic variables were associated with well-being.

Conclusions. Employment may benefit women but stress their husbands.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 45, No. 1, 65-75 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/002076409904500108
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