Working Women’s Perception of Marriage and Family

ABSTRACT Marriage is considered to be one of the strongest and widely practiced in Indian culture. Till date there are a majority of Indian population that lay their belief and faith in marriage as an ritually at the same time the concept of marriage differs for men and women. The current study majorly focuses on carrying out qualitative research for understanding the perspective of women between the age group 25 to 45 regarding marriage and family post marriage. Through conducting one on one interviews with 60 female participants researchers would intend to know womens insight, ideology and thoughts regarding marriage, factors influencing marriage, family post marriage and work life balance after marriage. The data was collected using purposive and snowball sampling and data was analysed using thematic and narrative analysis.The key findings of the study suggested that most of the women's priorities are both marriage and family at the same time and believe that work life balance plays a crucial role for successful marriage. Keywords- Marriage, Family, Women’s perspective, Mental health