Multiple Roles of Women Leading To Role Strain And Impact on Women Health

Working women face more difficulties due to two jobs i.e. paid work outside the home and unpaid domestic labor and child-care inside the home, both of which may occupy many hours each day. This situation results in the detrimental effects on women's health due to the unequal division of labor within the home. Past studies indicate that women who are paid workers, housewives and mothers, role overload is likely to result in fatigue, exhaustion and tiredness, which will manifest in higher levels of illness. Möller-Leimkühler, A. M. (2010) observed that women seem to be more strongly affected by psychosocial stressors related to cardiovascular disease and depression as well as by direct and indirect effects of chronic stress compared to men. On the other hand paid employment is more important in protecting women from the stresses of being a full time housewife, because employment generally results in increased income and better access to health care, which should benefit women's health. The exhaustive reviews collected by investigators explain that married women with children who work full-time will have poorer health than those working part-time or those without jobs, because they experience greater stress and ill-health from occupying multiple roles. Part-time workers have more opportunity to accomplish their domestic and child care tasks outside the hours of their paid work, and unwaged women do not face the conflicting demands of dual roles.