The Perception of Gender Roles Among The Awra Amba Community As A Function of Age and Sex
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2009-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The ultimate objective of this study was to discover the influence of age and sex on gender role
perception in the Awra Amba community. For this purpose, a total of 180 participants (from 403 total
Awra Amba population), 60 from three age groups (children, adolescents and adults), 30 from two sex
groups (male and female) have been selected by using stratified random sampling method. Two different
instruments (Personal Attribute Questionnaire and Social Role Questionnaire) have been adapted and
pilot tested. Based on the result of the pilot test, two vague items have been discarded from the Personal
Attribute Questionnaire. But, one culturally unfit item has also been removed from the Social Role
Questionnaire before the pilot test, and generally the two instruments exhibited almost closer reliability
indices with the original reliabilities. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, One-Way ANOVA and
independent Hest have been employed. In relation to the major findings, there is a statistically
significant difference in gender role perception among the Awra Amba children, adolescents and adults.
While children hold stereotypic and traditional gender role perception, adolescents and adults
demonstrate androgynous and egalitarian gender role perception. Besides" egalitarian and nontraditional
gender role perception increases with age in the Awra Amba community when one grows
older from childhood to adolescence and adulthood. Finally, statistically significant difference has not
been found between the Awra Amba males and females in gender role perception. Both males' and
females' gender role perception is androgynous and egalitarian or non-traditional.
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Gender Roles Among