Report Reveals Indian Working Women More Stressed Than Men; Here's Why

The most suspicious yet popularly neglected claim has now been assured by a mental health study as it confirms that working women in India are more stressed than men.

 The latest report titled, “Emotional Wellness State of Employees” by YourDost has surveyed more than 5,000 Indian professionals and gained some interesting insights into workplace stressors.

Report depicts some staggering statistics

The mental health report shows that nearly three-quarters which is around 72.2% of the female respondents suffer from high stress levels. In contrast, when men were asked the same question, only  53.64% of them said they experienced the same kind of high-stress levels in their lives.

18% of women said they struggle to balance their personal and professional lives whereas it was only 12% in men.

However, work-life balance is not solely believed to be one of the leading causes of distress among women but other issues like lack of recognition, low morale and fear of being judged constitute majorly for their worse mental health. A stupefying 20% of women reported that they always feel low, as compared to only 9.27% of men.

Unnerving revelations from the survey

The survey also found out that employees aged between 21 and 30, are the most stressed among all set of workers. As 64.42% of them reported feeling high levels of stress followed by 59.81% of workers between the age groups of 31 to 40 years. Although,  the least stressed age group was 41 to 50, where only 53.5% of employees reported experiencing high levels of workplace stress.                 

"The shift in workplace dynamics, the evolution of remote and hybrid work models, has had an impact on the 21-30 age demographic. To support them, organizations should prioritize regular communication and engagement,” said Dr Jini Gopinath, Chief Psychology Officer at YourDost.

The findings were compiled after surveying employees across sectors like IT and manufacturing, transportation, staff and recruiting, tech and media, legal services, business consulting and services and more.