Factors related to married women\u27s continuing participation in income-generating activities

The study would like to determine the factors related to the continuing participation of women in income-generating activities. Specifically, the researchers would like to find out if the factors peculiar to husband, children, and women\u27s work are related to women\u27s continuing involvement in income-generating activities.The subjects of the study were all married Filipino women who are currently working, equally divided between the middle and the lower class of the society. The middle class respondents were drawn from Manuela and Camella Subdivisions in Las Pinas and the lower class respondents were from Cul de Sac in Paranaque. The choice of the areas to represent the classes were primarily based on the predominant house structures existing in areas. An interview schedule was made as a primary source instruction using correlational techniques such as Pearson r and Chi Square.It was found that the husband\u27s salary does not affect the number of years and interest in work of the respondents. The predominant reason for this outcome is that of economic necessity not only among most of the lower class respondents but among the middle class respondents as well. They work to help support the family and to prepare them for the future especially in these times of inflation. Furthermore, some respondents, mostly from the middle class, claimed that they work for their own personal satisfaction and to pass the time. With regard to the encouragement of husband and years and interest of work, it was found out that there is no existing association between the two variables since most of the respondents started working even before they were married.In the case of child-rearing, close relatives or yayas are present to take care of the situation. There is not much conflict found between women working and child-rearing. Based on the findings on the correlation between the age of children and number of years and interest to work, it was found out that there was no relationship between these variables especially in famil