QUESTIONNAIRE ON WORK LIFE BALANCE Demographic Details Name: Age: Education: PG UG Nuclear School level Uneducated Type of family:

ly: Joint Family size:

1. How many days in a week do you work? a) Less than 5 days b) 5 days c) 6 days d) 7 days

2. How many hours in a day do you normally work? a) 6-7 hours b) 7-8 hours c) 8-9 hours d) 9-10 hours e) More than 10 hours

3. How many hours a day do you spend for traveling to work? a) Less than half an hour d) More than two hours b) Nearly one hour c) Nearly two hours

4. Do you work in shifts? a) General shift/day shift b) Night shift c) Alternative

5. Are you married? a) Yes b) No

If yes, please answer the following questions 6. Is your partner employed? a) Yes b) No

7. Do you have children? a) If Yes, no. of children____________. b) No

8. Being an employed woman who is helping you to take care of your children? a) Spouse b) In-laws c) Parents d) Servants e) Crche/day care centers

9. How many hours in a day do you spend with your child/children? a) Less than 2 hours e) More than 5 hours b) 2-3 hours c) 3-4 hours d) 4-5 hours

10. How regularly you meet your child/children teachers to know their progress? a) Once in a week months b) Once in two weeks c) Once in month d) Once in 6

e) Once in a year.

11. Have you ever given up activities you enjoy, for work? a) Never b) Rarely c) Sometimes d) Often e) Always

12. How far is your spouse supportive in balancing your work and family commitments? a) Never b) Rarely c) Sometimes d) Often e) Always

13. How often you take work issues to home? a) Never b) Rarely c) Sometimes d) Often e) Always

14. Did you ever think of quitting the job because of high work stress? a) Never b) Rarely c) Sometimes d) Often e) Always

15. Do you suffer from any stress-related disease? a) Hypertension b) Obesity c) Diabetes d) Frequent headache e) None

16. Rank the stress relief methods that balance your work and life. Stress management methods Yoga Meditation Entertainment Rank

Dance Music

17. Does your organization provide you with yearly Master health check up? a) Yes b) No

18. Rate the factors that hinder you from balancing your work and family commitments? Rating (1-5) Negative attitude of managers and colleagues Long working hours Compulsory over time Shift work Meetings / Training after office hours Meeting the target

19. Do you take care of? a) Older people d) Children with disabilities b) Dependent adults e) none c) Adults with disabilities

20. How often you interfere personal issues to work and work to personal issue? a) Never b) Rarely c) Sometimes d) Often e) Always

23. How do you feel about the amount of time you spend at work? a) Very unhappy b) Unhappy c) Indifferent d) Happy e) Very happy

24. Do you ever feel tired or depressed because of work? a) Never b) Rarely c) Sometimes d) Often e) Always

25. Rate the factors you feel will help to balance your work life. Flexible Working hours Holiday Trips Work from home Support from colleagues Support from family Crche facility Job sharing

26. Do you think that if employees have good work-life balance the organization will be more effective and successful? a) Yes b) No

If so how? Kindly give suggestions to: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________