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- Title
Beyond Sowing and Growing: The Relationship of Sex Typing To Socialization, Family Plans, and Future Orientation.
- Authors
Allgeier, Elizabeth Rice
- Abstract
The speculation, appearing frequently in the birth-planning and population literature, that family-size desires are associated with sex-role norms, was empirically investigated with the Bem (1974) Sex Role Inventory. Forty college students in a 2 (sex-typed vs. androgynous) × 2 (male or female) design responded to a demographic and future-plans inventory. Results indicated that androgynous females, as compared with sex-typed females, ( a) moved frequently during childhood ( p < .02); ( b) were raised in larger communities ( p < .02); ( c) had fathers ( p < .03) and mothers ( p < .003) of higher occupational status; ( d) tended toward higher educational aspiration ( p < .09); ( e) desired fewer children ( p < .05); and ( f) placed more importance on competence at work ( p < .004). Male responses were not generally related to the sex-typing variable. Results were discussed in terms of implications of sex-role socialization for the problem of overpopulation.
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1975, Vol 5, Issue 3, p217
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.1975.tb00677.x