Anxiety and Subjective Well Being of Pregnant Job Holders and Home Makers

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the level of anxiety and subjective well being of pregnant jobholders and Homemakers attending clinics in Obstetrics and OPD department aged between 20–35 years were selected using purposive sampling technique. The sample consists of 120 pregnant women, (jobholders=60 and homemakers=60) from government and private maternity hospitals at Bijapur and Dharwad district of North Karnataka. The data was computed using Mean, SD, ‘t’-test. The results reveal that there is no significant difference in the level of anxiety of pregnant jobholders & homemakers. Further, pregnant women who are job holders have higher level of Subjective well being compared to homemakers.