A Study of Demographic Variations of Occupational Stress of Secondary School Teachers of Punjab

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate occupational stress with respect to demographic variations viz. type of school, gender, age and
streams of discipline on the sample of 408 secondary school teachers (204 Government and 204 private), male and female in the age group
of less than 40 and equal & above 40 years belonging to different streams of discipline viz. Languages, Science/Math and Social Science. The
data was collected through the descriptive survey method and subjected to 2X2X2X3 Analysis of Variance. It was found that a) Private school
teachers exhibited a greater amount of occupational stress as compared to Government school teachers; b) Level of Occupational stress is
similar among males and females; c) Teachers in the age group less than 40 years showed more occupational stress as compared to teachers
equal and above 40 years. Streams of discipline didn’t contribute to occupational stress. Interaction between two variables, type of school and
age, three variables, type of school, age and streams of discipline, were found to be significant.