Child rearing knowledge of mothers (0–3 years) across Working Status (A Study in Aligarh City)

A good mother has been expected to contribute her whole life to her family. It takes learning and practice to become a qualified mother. It is not an easy job because mothers must learn as they go. Mothers should have through knowledge about the upbringing of the child, love alone will not do. Knowledge of mothers in respect to child rearing plays an important role in upbringing of a child. The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge of child rearing practices among working and non-working mothers (0-3years). A cross-sectional study was conducted and 50 respondents were selected from each working status from Aligarh city. Purposive sampling technique and a child rearing knowledge scale by P. P. Saramma and Sanjeev V. Thomas (2010)was used to collect the data. The data was analyzed by employing, chi square test. The association between the knowledge of working and non-working mothers is found to be significantly differentat (0.05). The level of child rearing knowledge of mothers may vary according to working status of respondents. The non-working mothers have low chi square value than working mothers. The reason could be that working mothers have good educational status and keep themselves update regarding knowledge of child rearing.