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Women’s Working Status, Family Environment, and Quality of Life: An Exploratory Study in an Urban Indian Context

Author(s) Moumita Mukherjee
Country India
Abstract The intersection of women’s employment, family environment, and quality of life has emerged as a critical area of inquiry in contemporary psychological and social research. The present study explores how working status influences perceived family environment and quality of life among women in an urban Indian context. A purposive sample of 40 women (20 working and 20 non-working), aged 25–40 years and belonging to middle to upper-middle socioeconomic backgrounds, was selected from suburban Kolkata. The Family Environment Scale (Bhatia & Chadha, 2004) and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF instrument were administered. Independent samples t-tests revealed significant differences between working and non-working women across several dimensions of family environment, particularly expressiveness, independence, active recreational orientation, and control. Non-working women reported higher scores on most family environment dimensions, whereas working women reported better quality of life in the environmental domain. Correlational analyses indicated significant associations between family relationship dimensions and social and psychological domains of quality of life. The findings underscore the crucial role of family support in shaping women’s well-being and highlight the structural and cultural challenges faced by working women. Implications for policy, family sensitization, and future research are discussed.
Keywords working women, family environment, quality of life, gender roles, work–family conflict
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 17, Issue 3, Array 2026
Published On 2026-03-30
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