Housewives Stress

Analysis
Analysis of 50 women.

The following questions have to be asked to the

different women having different perceptions
regarding to the answers.
Diksha jain

1. Feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work they have to do in a day;

feel overwhelmed with the amount of work

16
14
12

feel overwhelmed
with the amount of
work

10
8
6
4
2
0
Almost always

Seldom

The above graph level indicates that most of the women feel overwhelmed with the amount of
work they have to complete in a day, while some women feels it seldom. So we can say that
the housewives are sort of stressed with their work at home.
2. Skip meal because Im too busy to eat;

skip meals because I'm too busy to eat

Almost Never; 16%
Almost Always; 30%
Seldom; 24%
Often; 30%

The pie chart indicates that 30% women skip their meal because they havent enough time to
eat because of their workload. But there are also those women who dont skip their meal. So
there is a heavenly relationship between the work routine and the meal of the housewives.
3. Life feels more empty than before;
The below pie chart depicts that most of the women doesnt feels that their life feels
empty than before because almost 36% women are somewhere happy with their life.

life feels more empty than before

Almost Never; 8%
Almost Always; 28%
Seldom; 36%
Often; 28%

4. Difficulty in focusing and concentrating;

difficulty in focusing and concentrating

25
20
15

difficulty in
focusing and
concentrating

10
5
0

Most of the women find difficulty in focusing and concentrating in any activities or any work or
any of the tasks during a day. We can also see the huge difference between the women who
feels it always as compared to the women who almost never feels it.
5. Have mood swings;

have mood swings

have mood swings

17
9

10

14

From the above graph, it is clear that the number of women, having mood swings often is
greater as compared to the women who have almost never mood swings.
6. More headaches than usual;

more headaches than usual

Almost Never; 22%

Almost Always; 26%

Seldom; 14%
Often; 38%

From the following pie chart, we can see that most of the housewives feel headaches than
usual due to their workload. But the highest 38%housewives dont feel the same.
7. Too many thoughts in my mind, like mind is racing;

too many thoughts in my mind at a time

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

too many thoughts in

my mind at a time

From the following information, it is cleared that most of the womens have lots of thoughts
running in their mind at a time and they feels like their mind is bursting out.
8. Feel drained and exhausted at the end of the day;
In the below chart, it is to be indicated that the ratio of the women who feel drained and
exhausted almost always as compared to the women who feels the same seldom is equal.
While only few women feel drained because of the house work.

feel drained and exhausted at the end of the day

feel drained and exhausted at the end of the day
15
15
10
10

9. Trouble in making decisions;

trouble in making decisions

trouble in making decisions
20
16
13

1
Almost Always

Often

Seldom

Almost Never

Most of the women dont have trouble in making their decisions regarding the future, family
and their own needs. This shows that this must be not the reason of the stress of the
housewives.
10. No time to exercise;

no time to exercise
Almost Never; 28%

Almost Always; 30%

Seldom; 12%
Often; 30%

The above pie chart depicts that the women of the category almost always = 30%, often=
30%, seldom= 12% and almost always category= 28% have no time to do exercise in a day
because they feels tired and stressed.
11.No time for myself and my own needs;

no time for myself and own needs

no time for myself and own needs
16
13

12
9

Almost Always

Often

Seldom

Almost Never

The above comparison indicates that often women have no time to fulfil their needs and
wants. This may be the one reason of the stress of the housewives.
12.Difficulty in sleeping;

difficulty in sleeping

Almost Never; 18%

Seldom; 12%

Almost Always; 50%

Often; 20%

This pie chart shows that almost 50% of the housewives finds difficulty on sleeping while only
18% women doesnt finds it.
Conclusion ;
from the following information it is cleared that most of the
housewives are stressed because of their workload and their work routine.
They also find many problems i.e. difficulty in sleeping , concentrating ,
focusing , eating , even they dont find time to fulfil their own needs and also
sometimes they feel overwhelmed in some situations and circumstances. So
this is how their stress level can be analysed .