This study examined whether students' actual opinions of traditional and modern roles for males and females in the school system was consistent with the policy of sex equity of the Ministry of Education in Iraq. / More specifically, the study sought to determine the extent to which sex, age, family income, father's education, and mother's education affected students' attitudes toward male and female roles in the family, education, and occupations. / The sample size was 720 subjects. A questionnaire was used to measure students' sex-role flexibility in relation to sex-role stereotype about occupations, home jobs, school jobs, work and family, education, and friends. / The data were analyzed by analysis of variance in addition to descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and frequency distribution. / The study results indicated the following: (1) Sex and age had significant effect on all the variables. (2) Socioeconomic status of the family had no significant effect on students' attitudes toward occupation, home jobs, school jobs, and work and family, but it had a significant effect on students' attitudes toward education and friends. (3) Fathers' educational levels had no significant effect on students' attitudes toward occupation, home jobs, and school jobs, but it had a significant effect on work and family, education, and friends. (4) Mothers' educational levels had no significant effect on students' attitude toward occupations and home jobs, but they had a significant effect on work and family role, education and friends. / The findings of this study support part of the previous research on sex-role stereotype in three domains--education, family role, and occupations--in both Arab and non-Arab countries. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 4082. / Major Professor: Byron G. Massialas. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78333 |
| Contributors | Abdulla, Sahira Rdha., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 201 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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