Open AccessGender Stereotyping Among School-Going Female and Male Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Rural Area of Western Maharashtra, India
Author(s) -
Vivek Waghachavare,
Girish Dhumale,
Jitesh Hanmantrao Kadam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of community health research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-2609
pISSN - 2322-5688
DOI - 10.18502/jchr.v10i1.5826
Subject(s) - psychology , cross sectional study , test (biology) , rural area , demography , descriptive statistics , gender role , gender bias , chi square test , multistage sampling , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , sociology , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , pathology , biology
Gender stereotyping is the generalized and ambiguous impression of an individual's roles in society based on one's gender, remarkably difficult to abandon. These biases play an important role in vocational choices. The aim of the current research was to study attitudes towards women, gender stereotyping, and gender biases among adolescent boys and girls from a rural area.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted from Sept. 2016 to Aug. 2017 among rural school-going adolescents. A total of 826 samples were included in the study with convenience multi-stage sampling. Statistical analysis was done using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, and Mann-Whitney U test. The data entry and analysis were performed using MS Excel and SPSS-22 with 5 % significant level.
Results: The mean age of 826 participants was 13.99 years with 297 (36%) being males. A higher percentage of the participants had a positive attitude towards females (83.9%) as well as a positive attitude towards crime against women (79.1%). However, gender stereotyping (54.6%) and male bias (58.6%)were present in the majority among them. There was a significant correlation between all the scales and gender (p<0.05); with better attitudes among females.
Conclusion: Although the overall attitude towards females was better in adolescents, gender bias remains an important problem.