Married women are more often than not working outside the home on at least a part-time basis, as do most mannered men. Does a husband's employment status affect his wife's well being? In an attempt to answer this question, 20 married female professionals were surveyed as to their job satisfaction.
In this sample, 15 husbands were employed, and 5 were unemployed. The Learning Objective of the study was to compare the mean job satisfaction levels of the married women with working husbands, with the mean job satisfaction levels of the married women with husbands that stayed at home.
Set up the hypotheses to test whether the job satisfaction levels of married women with working husbands is any more than that of their counterparts with unemployed husbands.

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The hypothesis test is set up to determine if the job satisfaction levels of married women with working husbands (µE) are greater than those with unemployed husbands (µU). Thus, the null hypothesis (H0) is that there is no difference (µE = µU), and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is that the job satisfaction is greater for those with employed husbands (µE > µU).

Married Women Are More Often Than Not Working Outside the Home