Abstract
This study was conducted with a purport to evaluate how far religiosity affects household women’s care-giving behaviour towards senior individuals in the family. For this purpose, a random sample of 205 women of Sargodha city was selected from Sargodha City(Pakistan)to study the effect of religiosity on the General Well Being (as a measure of care) of the senior individuals in the family. The findings of the study indicate that mature women (41-50 years old) with moderate span of their married life (11-15years) give more care to the older adults in the family. But, despite that, a great majority of senior individuals in the family are at a state of low wellbeing level. The findings of the study revealed the reason that it was due to lack of religiosity which is strongly positively associated with well-being. Among the other factors, age, span of married life, household income and education correlate with the well-being positively but employment status negatively. Very interestingly, as the findings indicate, the care-giving behaviour is irrespective of the number of carerecipients in the family.
Mohammad Iqbal, Syeda Mehnaz Hassan. (2015) Effect Of Religiosity On The Household Women’s Care-Giving Behaviour Towards The Elderly In The Family: A Case Of Sargodha City (Pakistan), Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 1.
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