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The present study aimed to sheds light on how much family structure affects the decision making of working women. The main objective of this study is to compare the decision making power of working women of both living in joint family and those who living in nuclear family. The study was conducted in the rural area of Prayagraj taking 190 working women. Among theses 96 from joint family and 94 working women from nuclear family. Pretested interview schedule was used for collecting the data. The data was tabulated and statistically analyzed by using appropriate techniques. The results revealed that family structure impacts working woman's decision-making. The working women of nuclear family enjoyed greater decision-making power rather than those working women living in joint family. The study also revealed that woman's decision-making in joint and nuclear family structure influenced by different socioeconomic and demographic factors. This research work also draws attention to important but relatively unexplored factor that affects women's decision making like family structure, their traditional thinking, introvert personality, hesitating nature and so on.