Study On The Role of Working Women as a Better Mother

Mothers are entering the workforce in increasing numbers, both out of choice and necessity. But this has costs. In trying to meet the twin demands of caring for their children and providing them economically, Women's capacity is being stretched to the limit. The critical issue is time, which comes at a price – in health, in wellbeing and in money. It is a price predominantly paid by women, and the issue is common to women everywhere.

But Some studies show that while the lack of a mother's presence can impact a child negatively,this impact is not as severe as what occurs if the mother does not work. Such factors include poverty, parental education, and quality childcare (Booth, 2000). With a dual income household,many women find themselves more able to make more choices for their families.

So in this study mother's dual role, different dimensions of child development, job affects to family are observed by comparing the roles of working and non working mothers.

In the study 10 subjects from each group are selected, self structured questionnaire is developed and delivered among the subjects, The research result was based on survey, interview, observation methods and development psychological tests.

According to the. study, there is no significance difference in health and nutritional status of children with the chi square value-.2198 at p value-0.639(p<.05), academic performance result also not significant as chi square value is. 9524 at p value0.329 (p<.05) but confidence level is high among working mother's children than non working mother's children with chi square value-7.5 at p value-.0061 (p<.05).