1. Sex-Role Ideologies and Career Salience of College Women. A Preliminary Report.
- Author
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Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Center for Student Development., Erickson, Linda G., and Nordin, Margaret L.
- Abstract
This project investigated attitudes of entering freshmen college women in an attempt to learn whether traditional sex-role ideologies were still predominant, and what the career and educational aspiration levels of these young women were. The variables most concerning the authors were career salience, educational and career aspirations, opinions on the women's movement, and expressions of success or achievement orientation. Seven hypotheses were formulated as well as a questionnaire designed to test these hypotheses. General findings from the study showed that 43 percent of the women gave career salient responses and that the greater proportion of these women were from urban backgrounds. Four-fifths of the career salient women said that their mothers were satisfied with the role of homemaker, and two-thirds of the mothers of these women who were employed had positive feelings about their employment. Detailed analysis of the results is not presented in this paper but will be forthcoming in another document. (Author/PC)
- Published
- 1974