Coping Strategies A Study Among Working Couples

The invention of push Button Technology coupled with the emergence of educational and employment opportunities has led to a sharp increase in the number of women entering into paid employment. The employment of married women outside the home has resulted in these households where both husband and wife work for pay. Although the domains of work and have may be thought of as separate, yet a growing body of literature acknowledges strains associated with the dual earning. A number of scholars have argued that working couples are vulnerable to the problems of work family spill over and conflict. Consequently they adopt certain coping mechanisms to reduce the strain inherent in dual earning life style. Research finding indicate the use of coping strategies to maintain work family balance. Much of the research is confined to west. The present paper is the modest attempt to identify the coping strategies adopted by dual earner couples living in Chandigarh.