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Katz , 2002 ). Working mothers do not actually try to fulfill anyone ’ s expectations besides their own , and consider what would fit best for their families first ( Arkass , 2013 ). Thus , the optimism of working mothers defines their success at their workplace ( Arkass , 2013 ). In spite of changes in legislation about sexual discrimination , females experience difficulty of combining motherhood and work due to media headlines ( Atkinson , 2010 ). The purpose of this study is to find out what men and women think about the statement , “ A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work .” The current study will test the following hypothesis : women are more likely than men to agree with the statement , “ A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work .”
website , which is made available for students and researchers for any variety of opinion research projects based upon the GSS data . Since 1994 , surveys have been collected every other year . The participants were asked about their levels of agreement with the following statement : “ A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work .” That specific statement was
related to the dependent variable . Respondents were
provided eight answers to select from , including : 1 ) strongly agree , 2 ) agree 3 ) disagree , 4 ) strongly disagree , 5 ) IAP , 6 ) don ’ t know , and 4 ) no answer . RESULTS A complete analysis of the study showed that 22 . 4 % of respondents strongly agreed with the statement “ A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work .” 14 . 6 % of males and 28 . 9 % of females responded that they strongly agree with the statement . Among those respondents who strongly agreed with the statement were 70 . 5 % of women and 29 . 5 % of men . There was a total of 3 , 794 . 5 female participants who strongly agreed with the statement . There was a total of 1 , 587 . 6 male participants , who strongly agreed with the statement . 42 . 8 % of men agreed with that statement , and 45 . 4 % of respondents who agreed with the statement were men . 42 . 7 % of women agreed with the statement , and 54 . 6 % of participants who agreed with the statement were women . There was a total of 4 , 670 . 1 male participants who agreed with the statement . There was a total of 5 , 610 . 4 female participants who agreed with the statement . 33 . 5 % of men and 21 . 7 % of women disagreed with that statement . 56 . 2 % of participants who disagreed with the statement were males , and 43 . 8 % of respondents who disagreed with the statement were females . There was a total of 3 , 654 . 5 male participants who disagreed with the statement .
METHOD PARTICIPANTS This study included 24 , 043
participants , who were randomly - selected adults over 18 years old . Among them , there were 13 , 144 randomly chosen females and 10 , 899 males . ( Smith , T . W ., Marsden , P ., Hout , M ., and Kim , J . 2010 ) PROCEDURE Data included in this study was drawn from the General Social Surveys ( GSS ) questionnaire . The data was collected from 1972 to
2014 . The questionnaire was conducted in face - to - face
interviews by personnel from the National Opinion Research Center . In the survey , which lasts about 90 minutes , survey data was collected every year from 1972 - 1994 ( except in 1979 , 1981 and 1992 ). Since 1994 , it has been collected every other year . Variable coding and quick table statistical analysis were available at the University of Berkeley SDA ( Survey Documentation and Analysis )
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