A STATISTICAL STUDY ON FACTORS INFLUENCING ARTHRITISAMONG WORKING WOMEN

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to explore the factors that influence arthritis among working women. A sample of 200
working women whose age more than 20 years is taken for the study. The data is collected through questionnaire method
using 5-point Likert scale. The objective of this paper is also to find the most prominent type of arthritis for different age
groups, awareness, cause and medication for arthritis among working women. Exploratory Factor analysis is performed
and five important factors that influence arthritis is extracted. The five factors are named as Personal stress, calcium
deficiency, obese, hereditary and age.