Original Research Article
Year: 2017 | Month: July | Volume: 7 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 256-259
A Comparative Study on the Quality of Life of Working and Non-Working Females
Shuchita Anand1, Mahak Sharma2
1Student, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Manav Rachna International University
2Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Manav Rachna International University
Corresponding Author: Shuchita Anand
ABSTRACT
Quality of life is the general well being of individuals and societies, outlining negative and positive features of life. The aim was to undergo a comparative study on the quality of life of working and non-working females. The present study was carried out in January 2017 purposive sampling was done to enrolled total 100 females from different location of Delhi-NCR. Questionnaire was formulated to collect qualitative data. Anthropometric measurements were done. Quality of life was determined by using WHO – 'QUALITY OF LIFE - BREF' standardized Questionnaire. The results revealed that physical domain, Psychological domain and Environmental domain depicted that more of non-working females had good quality of life (60%, 58%, 56% respectively) as compared to working females but the differences were not statistically significant. Social domain depicted that more of non-working females had good quality of life (68%) as compared to working females(40%) and the differences were statistically significant (p>0.05). The study concluded that non-working females had a better quality of life as compared to working females.
Key words: Quality of life, Public Health and Nutrition