A study conducted by Penn State University suggests that people, especially women are happier at their workplace than their home. The possible reason behind this could be that women are less stressed at work as compared to home. Though most of us look forward to going home after a long day at work, the findings of the study say otherwise.

StudyA total of 122 people participated in this one week long study. Samples of the cortisol (stress hormones) levels of these people were taken and analysed. The findings differed for both the sexes, as men were found to be happier at home in contrast to women who were found to be happier at work. ConclusionThe conclusion was same for people who were surveyed across different socio-economic backgrounds. A little obvious though, people were least stressed over the weekends. Further, the research suggested that job satisfaction was one major reason responsible for the happiness of employees.

Why are women happier?Men tend to stick to their jobs even if unsatisfactory while women tend to quit if not happy with their work. The study also suggested that working mothers were less stressed than the ones who did not have kids.

Having kids mitigates the stress of being at home, adds the study.

Multitasking increases at home, while at work one just concentrates at work and thus the stress levels are lesser.

Though this cannot be true for all as the sample size of the study was small.

Source: indiatimes.com