'Indian women most stressed in the world'

Women around the globe feel stressed, but the fairer sex in India believe they are the most stressed of all, says a survey.

According to a study by global research firm Nielsen, Indian women across the world are the most stressed for time, with 87 per cent of respondents stating they they felt stressed most of the time and 82 per cent claiming they had no time to relax.

Indian women attributed the higher level of stress to more opportunities, coupled with managing multiple roles.

India is followed by Mexico and Russia, where 74 per cent and 69 per cent of women, respectively, feel they were more pressured.

 

The survey was conducted between February and April, covering 6,500 women from 21 developed and developing countries such as Sweden, the US, the UK, France, Thailand, Malaysia, China and India.

Nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of women respondents in developed countries held their daughters would have better access to technology.

In another result, women in India (87 per cent), Mexico (74 per cent), and Russia (69 per cent) said they were most pressured for time. Among developed countries such pressure was felt most by women in Spain (66 per cent), France (65 per cent) and Italy (64 per cent).

The study found that more than three-fourth of Indian women (76 per cent) gave importance to saving for their children's education, which only 16 per cent of women in developed countries had made their priority.

In terms of media consumption, Indian women were now viewing more television than they were two years ago, and were consuming spending considerable time in front of the television than their global counterparts (51 per cent India, 40 per cent global).

It was also found that Internet usage among them was still very low at 10 per cent, but was slowly growing. "When it comes to enhancing lives, women from India are slowly being influenced by their use of technology and access to the Internet, though there remains a significant reliance on traditional media," Poddar said.

There was a strong desire in the Indian respondents for sharing of responsibilities between men and women and they having a greater say in decision-making when it came to personal electronics, finances, and insurance, the study said.