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Women's views of women's roles: a survey of South Australian women
Author(s) -
WORSLEY ANTHONY,
WORSLEY ANDREA J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1990.tb00051.x
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , gender studies , psychology , demography , social psychology , demographic economics , sociology , economics , machine learning , computer science
Four hundred and eighteen randomly selected South Australian women answered 18 opinion statements about women's roles, as part of a general postal survey. The results showed that most women supported equality between the sexes, the importance of parenting and mother roles, and physical appearance. However, there were many statistically significant differences between members of demographic groups; generally younger and more‐educated women favoured equality more, and valued motherhood less for personal fulfilment than older, less‐educated women. Women in paid employment placed less value on traditional domestic roles and more on equal pay than those not so employed. The relationships of these findings to recent changes in women's roles within and outside the family are discussed.