LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG WORKING AND NON WORKING WOMEN

Abstract

The present study was conducted to measure the life satisfaction among working and non working women. Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) developed by Ed Diener and colleagues (1984) consisting 5 items was administered to the sample of (N=100) of different organizations and living areas of Islamabad and Faisalabad. The sample was divided into two categories 50 working women and 50 non-working women, out of which 25 working and 25 non working from Faisalabad, 25 working and 25 non working from Islamabad were taken. t- test was computed for the statistical analysis of the data. All hypotheses were significant at P<.05 level. Findings indicate that there was significant difference between working and non- working women regarding their positive well being. Keyword: Life Satisfaction, Working women, Non-working women.