Women's Attitudes toward Employment and Family Roles

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ID4265149
AuthorsJean A Dowdall (Buffalo State University, corresponding author)
Year1974
Volume35
Issue4
Pages251
Publication date1974-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3710609
OpenAlexW2339109075
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Greeley has argued that not enough is known about American ethnic group differences but that such differences exist primarily in the “common core of assumptions” about familial role expectations. A measure of women's attitudes toward questions of female employment and family responsibilities is taken as an index of such expectations. Using a sample of 673 white, native born, married Rhode Island women, nationality, religious affiliation and social class are explored in relation to attitudes. Significant nationality-linked differences in attitudes were found. Religion was not significantly associated with attitudes, but among the Catholic respondents there were significant differences associated with nationality. Taking social class into consideration, nationality group differences in attitudes were significant only among non-high school graduates and among those from non-white collar families. As Greeley predicted, there is considerable nationality-linked attitudinal variation among working class women; the reasons for it require further research

Demographic economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Nationality · Political science · Social class · Sociology · White (mutation) · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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