Anxiety among Working and Non-working Tribal Women

Abstract

Anxiety is the main reason for the different kinds of physical and psychological problems. This is the feeling of worry and nervousness. Nowadays lots of women work outside. Tribal are the people who are not so much developed and full of cultural values. This study represents the level of anxiety in working and non-working tribal women. The study also shows the influence of education and marital status on anxiety. 35 working and 35 non-working tribal women were selected by purposive sampling method and Sinha anxiety scale was used to measure the level of anxiety. It was found that non-working tribal women feel more anxiety than working tribal women. Educational level and marital status also influence the level of anxiety.