Attitude Towards Female Employment as a Function of Gender, Place of Residence, Education and Age

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate about attitude towards female employment according to gender, place of residence, education and age. Purposively selected 200 respondents were constituted as the sample of the study. Attitude towards Female Employment Scale (developed by Ilyas, 1992) was used for data collection. Data were analyzed by using mean, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, three-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson product moment correlation. The findings showed that gender (F=5.05, df=1, 198, p <0.5), place of residence (F=22.46, df=1, 198, p <0.1) and education level (F=8.22, df=5, 194, p <0.1) had significant effect on attitude towards female employment. According to gender, female participants had more positive attitude than that of male participants. In terms of place of residence, urban participants had more positive attitude than that of rural participants. Participants who had the more educational qualifications showed more positive attitude towards female employment. The significant negative correlation coefficient was found between age and attitude towards female employment (r= -0.61).

 The Chittagong Univ. J. B. Sci. Vol. 11 (1 & 2): 19-26, 2023