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A Job Well Done: Busting the working woman myth

Yogendra Yadav & Sanjay Kumar / CNN-IBN

Time Published on Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 22:11, Updated on Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 23:39 in Lifestyle section

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WORKING A WAY OUT: The survey findings expose many myths and reveal a new face of the working women in India.

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Add to this the double burden of work and you begin to understand the condition of the working women. Working women in the villages did nearly as much household work as well as their counterparts who stayed back at home, thus pushing more than ten hours of work everyday.

Working women in the metros could reduce their household work somewhat but they too ended up spending more than nine hours on an average. The burden was much higher for a large number of women in full time employment than indicated by these average figures.

Much of the difficulties that working women face can of course be reduced, provided there is willingness to match the generous rhetoric of ‘women’s empowerment’ with some concrete action.

That may not be a bad idea for a Republic Day resolution as the first woman president of the Republic takes the salute.

High degree of approval for women to work
	Women should work	Should not Work and look after family
All	74	13
Young educated urban women	90	7
Non-working women	73	13
Rest had no opinion; Note:Figures are calculated for women within 18-59 age group; Educated women are those who have attained education above matric. Question wording: People have different opinions about a woman going out to work. Some people feel that women should not work and they should only look after their families, while others say that there is nothing wrong if women go out for work. What is your opinion?

Man or woman as boss is not an issue
Working women who would prefer....	Percentage
Man as their boss	4
Women as their boss	20
No difference	66
Rest said No Opinion Note: Question was asked to workingwomen only Question wording: (If working), If you could choose, would you like to work under a man or woman or it does not make any difference to you?

Majority of working women work to earn money
Women work in order to.........	Percentage
Earn money	61
Have respect in society	14
For job satisfaction	14
Rest no opinion *Note:* Question was asked to workingwomen only Question wording: (If working), There are different reasons for which women work- some work in order to earn money, some in order to have respect in society while some work because like their work. Which one most applies to you?

All workingwomen are not equally respected in family
.	All	Office goers	Manual worker
Get more respect	38	57	27
Get less respect	7	5	9
No difference	40	36	51
Rest is No Opinion *Note:* Question was asked to workingwomen only Question wording: (If working) Would you say that you are respected more in your family because you work; you are less respected because you work or whether you work or not makes no difference?

Passion, not money encourages women to work
	Would work in spite of having all the money	Would not work if had all the money
All	52	30
Office goers	72	16
Farming	48	35
Manual worker	42	40
Rest is No Opinion *Note:* Question was asked to workingwomen only Question wording: (If working), Imagine that you had all the money you needed to have a comfortable life, would you still choose to work?

Problems of working women at work place
Women........	Yes	No
*Are paid less than men for equal work	35	38
**Do not get deserving position	14	57
Faced harassment	22	78
Rest had no opinion Note: Figures for harassment are based on an index created from questions as to whether or not the respondent faced harassment at work place at least once in the last one year. Women above 45 years and no opinion are also excluded from the analysis. Question wording: * (If working), At the place you work, are men and women always paid alike for equal work? (If working), Would you say that at your work place you are given the position and respect you deserve or not? *****: (If working), We of ten hear that women also face different forms of harassment at their work place. Please tell me in the last one year, how often have you expressed cheap comments and verbal abuse or physical harassment at your work place- never, once or twice, five-seven times or many times

Family support for taking care of children not available to all working women
Occupation	Occupation embers	Children on their own	Paid support
Office goers	63	13	12
Self employed (other than agriculture)	45	30	1
Manual worker	28	54	0
Rest said 'others'; Note: The question was asked to working women only; Figures for married working women aged 40 years. Family members include husband, parent/n-laws, relatives; Children on their own includes taking along also.

Greater burden on working women
Time spent on…	Household work	Going out for work	Total
House wives in villages	5:45	--	5:45
Working women in villages	5:20	5:00	10:20
Housewives in metro	6:30	--	6:30
Working women in Metro	4:45	4:40	9:45
*Note:* All figures in hours for married women only. *Question wording:* “Women spend their time doing different things. Now I am going to read out a few activities. Thinking of yesterday (if the last day was a holiday, refer to last working day), please tell me how much time did you spent on one of them?”

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