Quality of life and sense of coherence among working and non-working women

Abstract

Women’s roles in India are rapidly changing due to a remarkable shift from domestic solitude and active social inclusion, but this process requires several compromises that areaffecting their quality of life (QoL) and sense of coherence (SoC). The main objective of this study was to investigate the association of a sense of coherence with quality of life among “working and non-working women” in Haryana state of India. 100 women between the age ranges of 25 to 45 years were conveniently drawn from the different districts of Haryana (Mahendragarh, Rewari, CharkhiDadri, Bhiwani, etc). The study participants were “50 working women and 50 non-working women”. Measures like, sense of coherence and WHOQOL-BREF were applied for the data collection. Independent t-test and correlation analysis havebeen applied to analyse the data. Findings show no significant difference between “working and non-working women” in “sense of coherence and quality of life”. The findings of the correlational analysis indicated that “sense of coherence” has not exhibited a significant association with the “quality of life” of participants. These findings highlight the complex interrelationship of women’s overall well-being, workplace participation and gender roles in India.