• Dr. Harmeet Kaur

The number of female employees working in banking sector is increasing and so is their stress in balancing personal and professional commitments is becoming a challenge. Believe it or not, it is the female that has to maintain the balance between her professional and personal life. Male employees also need to have this balance but they do not have an obligation for the same as it is on the females in our society. The study focusses on the demographic variables of marital status and age affecting occupational stress among female employees working in public and private sector banks of Chandigarh and Punjab. A sample of 250 respondents was selected comprising 110 respondents from Chandigarh and 140 respondents from Punjab. The data relating to Occupational Stress was collected using Occupational Stress Index (OSI) by Srivastava and Singh (1981). It was found that there is a significant difference between married and unmarried females as regards to the Occupational Stress, also that Occupational Stress is less in married female employees as compared to single female employees. Also, that there is a significant difference in the Occupational Stress of employees of varied age groups. The employees in the age group of 35-45 experience less stress as compare to employees in the age group of 25-35 (high score indicates less stress).

Marital Status, Occupational stress, Age

"A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.e295-e300, February-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202437.pdf

"A STUDY ON INDIVIDUAL DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no. ppe295-e300, February-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202437.pdf