A Study on Work and Family Life Balance Among Working Women in JIPMER

Abstract

Family-work conflict and work-family conflict are more likely to exert negative impact in the family matters, resulting in lower mental satisfaction and increasing conflict among family. Therefore a quantitative descriptive study was conducted among working women in Jawaharlal Institute of post graduate medical education and research- JIPMER of the age group 25-60 years with minimum of 6 months working experience to assess the ability of working women to maintain work and family life balance based on selected socio demographic variables - and to find out the work family conflict (WFC) and family work conflict (FWC) using WAFCS (Work family conflict scale) along with the coping ability assessment of the women employees in their work and family affairs using brief cope scale. In JIPMER, the total female employees are 1808 as per AIS unit. My sample size estimated was 388 female population for level of significance 5%, absolute precision 5%, assuming that 50% women employees were having good work and family life balance life. Sample was collected by using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The study was conducted by using WFACS (Work family conflict scale) among women employees to assess the factors leading to WFC and FWC using WAFCS scale. The coping strategies that is used by participants is also assessed by using the brief cope scale. The factors that hindered effective coping was also taken into consideration. Data was collected by the use of Likert scale for assessing WFC and FWC. For assessing the coping strategies, a semi structured questionnaire is used and data collection period is 6 weeks. However, these variables were conceptualized as antecedents of WFC and FWC, consideration of the consequences was also important as they impose an impact on psychological distress and wellbeing of working women.