Exploring through a psycho-social perspective, the duality of real and ideal family environment of working women and Home makers

This study is aimed at exploring the duality of Real and Ideal Family environment of Home makers and working women .The Family Environment Scale third edition by Moos and Moos (2002) was administered on 60 women, 30 from each category, matched on demographic factors within the age group of 30-40, residing in Delhi and NCR. The groups were compared on the basis of correlations and analysis of variance along with descriptive statistics. Both the groups’ exhibit a deep split between their real and ideal perception of Family Environment. However, it seems that working women have an edge over home makers.