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| Article Name : | | | Challenges of urban & rural working women with regard to their child bearing and child rearing | | Author Name : | | | Jahanaara Razick | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2597 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | The present investigation was earned out to explore the challenges faced by urban & rural working women with regard to their child bearing & child rearing. A random sample 200 working women from urban (100) & rural (100) area of (Chennai), Kundrathur, Gudiyatham were selected. A questionnaire was formulated by the investigator consisting of fifty questions with five domains, having 10 questions, in each domain, which was administered to the subjects and responses were collected. The collected data was subjected to statistical analysis and the results were interpreted. The results revealed that both urban and rural pregnant working women experienced the discomforts of pregnancy alike. The support services available to urban pregnant women were less compared to the rural pregnant working women. Urban pregnant women enjoyed the privilege of availing 6 months maternity leave, whereas the rural working women, resorts to work after a month or 40 days after delivery. It is interesting to note that rural women get the opportunity to breast feed their babies till 2 or 2-1/2 years, than the urban working ladies. With regard to stress experienced at work accompanied by feeling of guilt in child rearing, rural women were at ease at their work place than the urban women, who work in shifts and are away from home, spending less time with the growing child. | | Keywords : | | |
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