ADOLESCENTS ATTITUDE TOWARD GENDER-ROLES WITHIN WORK AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GENDER, PERSONALITY TYPE, AND PARENTAL OCCUPATION

Information was obtained from 184 females and 157 males enrolled in gr ade 11 in six urban high schools. The majority of the students were of European descent (70%), but there were significant percentages of stu dents who identified themselves as Asian (13%), Polynesian (12%), and Maori (5%). Approximately three quarters of the mothers were in paid e mployment. The fathers were primarily employed in white collar work wi th a small percentage in blue collar jobs. Students completed a Likert scale assessing attitudes towards the arrangement and division of lab or within the family and employment. Significant associations were fou nd between attitudes and the gender of the student, maternal but not p aternal occupation, and the students' personality type. Adolescent fem ales held more egalitarian attitudes than males, the adolescents of mo thers working in 'careers' had more egalitarian attitudes than those w hose mothers were primarily caregivers, and adolescents with 'social', 'artistic' and 'entrepreneurial' personalities were more egalitarian than those with 'investigative' personalities.