Attitudes toward women\u27s roles: a study of selected undergraduate students at Rowan University

The main purpose of this study was to look at students\u27 attitudes toward women\u27s roles of 381 selected undergraduate female and male students at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, in March, 2008. Also investigated was the impact of demographic factors such as age, class level, class status, major, gender and race. The data on the attitudes toward women\u27s roles was collected using a 25 item Likert-scale survey. The data analysis suggests that the selected students had a profeminist, egalitarian attitude rather than a traditional, conservative attitude. There was a moderate correlation between the gender of the students and their attitudes toward women\u27s roles and weak correlation between race and attitudes toward women\u27s roles. No significant correlation was found between the age, class level and class status of the students and their attitudes toward women\u27s roles