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Abstract
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is recurrent variable somatic, psychological and emotional symptoms that develop during the 7-14 days before the onset of menses and are ameliorated by the onset of menstruation in women who are mainly aged 20-40 years. The objective of the study was to assess and compare the premenstrual symptoms among unmarried and married women. Non Experimental research approach with comparative survey research design was used. The sample size comprised of 163 women which includes 100 unmarried and 63 married women selected by purposive sampling techniques of selected institutes of M.M. University Mullana. Premenstrual symptoms checklist was used to collect data from unmarried and married women. The computed Mann Whitney U (30.14) and Z (3.101) value were found to be statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance. It can be inferred that there was significant difference in premenstrual symptoms among unmarried and married women.