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The purpose of this study was to explore the difference of depression between working
and non-working women of Pakistan. The sample comprised of 250 (125 working, 125
non-working) women. The target group’s age range was between 28 to 45 years. The
women were selected from different organizations and areas of Karachi, Pakistan
through purposive sampling technique. After taking the permission from authorities and
informed consent from the participant demographic forms were filled then in order to
measure the depression, Lovibond and Lovibond DASS Scale (1995) was administered,
individually. Descriptive statistics and t-test for independent mean were used to analyze
the data through Statistical Package Social Science Version 12(SPSS V 12). It was
hypothesized that ’’the working-women will score lower on the variable of Depression as
compared to non-working women. The findings show that non-working women scored
higher on the scale of depression than working-women in Pakistan. The Mean score of
the age was (M =34.126) and the standard deviation was (SD=4.129). The Mean score of
Depression of Non-working women was 14.28 and the Mean score of Depression of
working women was10.26. The scores depict the lower level of depression in working
women compared to non-working women.
Fareda Zeab, Uzma Ali. (2018) DEPRESSION IN WORKING AND NON-WORKING WOMEN IN PAKISTAN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 57, Issue 1.
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