Students Attitudes toward Woman Labor: A Field Studyon Undergraduate Students at the University of Jordan

This study aims to understand attitudes of bachelor students of the University of Jordan toward woman work. A stratified random sample of 400 students was derived from the faculties of social and human sciences and the faculties of pure sciences; 200 each. Data were gathered by means of a questionnaire through an interview. Attitudes' scale included forty statements representing four components (family, economic, psycho-social, and administrative components). Sample's outputs were analyzed by using qualitative and quantitative statistical procedures, including frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Findings showed that there is a difference with statistical significance between respondents' attitudes and their gender. Conversely, there were no differences with statistical significance between respondents' attitudes and the variables of faculty, education, parents' education and professional status, family size, and income. To sum up, students’ attitudes toward woman labor were positive with a mean of 3.41 according to Likert scale with five items. The study also presented some recommendations.