Self-Esteem Levels Of Slum Young Married And Unmarried Women

A sample of 200 slum young women was chosen at random from Parbhani town of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. Out of which 150 were married and the remaining 50 were unmarried. The age group of the slum young women ranged between 20yrs and 25yrs. The tool used was Selfesteem Scale for Women developed by Kapadia and Verma (1999). The data was collected from young women in 10 slums. A structured cum open ended interview schedule was developed to elicit the information related to slum young women’s personal background and various aspects of the life. The results revealed that there is significant difference in the level of self- esteem of married and unmarried slum young women.