The Dual Role of Christian Women, at Home and in the Workplace

Economic  pressure is the main factors for women’s  employment. Women also  opt to work in  order to face future crises or economic disaster. They are also engaged  in earning extra money due to inflation and low income of  husband. Low or class women   work in-order to fulfill the need to the family whereas  middle class women work in  order to raise the  standards of living. But education sense of equality and consciousness of  modernisms also inspired Christian women to opt for job. Christian working women are satisfied with their social and economic life. But they  remain  dissatisfied with  insufficient care of their children.

     objectives.

1. To  ascertain  the socio – economic profile of Christian working women.
2. To determine  the material  adjustment of Christian working women
3. To analyze the new forms for adjustment with the work.

The present study was  conducted in Varanasi and Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India. 200 Christian  working  women were  selected randomly for the study. 100 from Varanasi and 100 from Allahabad. 

47.5 per cent Christian working women are between 31-40 year of age. 45.0 per cent Christian working women are intermediate, 28.0 percent are graduate. 50.0 per cent Christian working women are  teachers. 28.5 percent are nurse.  As  far as the marital life of Christian working women  is concerned  64.5 percent women have high marital adjustment. As  far as adjustment with work  situation is concerned 54.5 percent working  women said  that they are  satisfied with their salary. 60.5  percent women said that they have got this  job by  competition. 54.0  percent women have good relations with their higher  authorities at the work place. Only 10.0 percent women have average relationship with higher authorities. Same way they have good  relations with their colleagues. 42.5   percent women said that their children are suffering due to   their employment.