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For the purpose of disclosing the mental health status as well as its stress factors of female workers in industry, a questionaire survey was carried out on 283 female workers, namely. 134 of a service industry(deparment store) in seoul and 149 of a manufacturing industry(food) in Kyunggi-do district from 24 to 29 January. 1994. The result were as follows :

1. The mean scores of poor mental health indicator showed no significant difference between service industry and manufacturing industry, while the mean score of good mental health indicator showed a significant difference between those two industries.

2. The mean scores of work stress factors social stress factors showed a significant difference between service industry and manufacturing industry. However . no significant difference was observed between the mean scores of personal stress factor between those two industries.

3. In general, the work stress factor was more significantly contributed by marital status, while the social stress as well as the personal stress factor were contributed more by monthly income.

4. The major contributing factor to the poor mental health was the personal stress factor in general, followed by the work stress factor. However, the weight of these two stress factors was reversed according to the type of industries.