Health Empirics

This study examined work–life balance among working mothers in Aizawl City and its associations with general health, psychological distress, family support, and life balance, while also assessing differences across employment types and income groups and identifying associated demographic, socioeconomic, family, and work-related factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 120 working mothers from organised and unorganised employment settings in Aizawl City using primary data. Longer working hours were significantly associated with greater work–life imbalance and lower perceived family support. Family support was positively associated with life balance. Psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and stress were associated with greater work–life imbalance and poorer life balance. Employment types differed significantly in working hours, family support, stress, and life balance, whereas no significant differences in the study outcomes across the income groups. In the hierarchical regression models, working hours and educational attainment were associated with work–life imbalance, graduate-level education or above was associated with GHQ-28 scores, and the life balance model explained 33.3% of the variance, with number of children, number of earners, graduate-level education or above, private-sector employment, and family support showing significant associations. The study highlights the need to address the well-being of working mothers in Aizawl City.