International Journal of Nursing Education

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Perception on Women's Rights among Working and Non Working Women

1MSc Nursing, Dept of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka

2HOD, Dept of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka

3Asst. Professor, Dept of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi District, Karnataka

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the perception regarding women's rights of working and non working women. The sample includes working and non-working women of Marne village in the age group of 18–60 yrs. The research approach was quantitative survey approach and the design used was comparative descriptive design. The data were collected by the investigator from 50 working and non working women by house to house survey by administering questionnaire to working and non-working women. Majority of the working women (94%) had good perception and non-working women (50%) have average perception respectively. This demonstrates that working women has better perception on women's rights than non-working women at selected settings.

Keywords

Perception, Women's rights