Entry:
Overton, Helen Hawthorne, "Feminism: The Development of a Scale and Exploration of Antecedents," Unpublished Master thesis, Texas Tech University, 1980.
Abstract:
Men generally score higher than women on a feminism scale, but women who have worked outside the home show more feminist tendencies than any male or female group, suggesting that employment plays a sensitizing role in this issue. Feminism is more prevalent in urban areas, New England, and Mid-Atlantic states possibly because of greater opportunities for education and employment for women.
GSS Years:1977
Other Data Sets:
Executive Samples
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| EVWORK |
EVER WORK AS LONG AS ONE YEAR |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| SRCBELT |
SRC BELTCODE |
| PRAYER |
BIBLE PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
| RICHWORK |
"IF RICH |
| FEWORK |
SHOULD WOMEN WORK |
| FEPRES |
VOTE FOR WOMAN PRESIDENT |
| FEPOL |
WOMEN NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS |
| SEXEDUC |
SEX EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
| HOMOSEX |
HOMOSEXUAL SEX RELATIONS |
| ABANY |
ABORTION IF WOMAN WANTS FOR ANY REASON |
| ABLEGAL |
SHOULD ABORTION EVER BE LEGAL |
| FEHELP |
WIFE SHOULD HELP HUSBANDS CAREER FIRST |
| FEFAM |
"BETTER FOR MAN TO WORK |
| ERA |
DOES R FAVOR OR OPPOSE ERA? |
| FEWORKIF |
MARRIED WOMEN WORK IF JOBS LIMITED |
| WRKSTAT |
LABOR FRCE STATUS |