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The development and modification of an instrument designed to measure accuracy of information and attitudes related to the occupational status of women are described. The original 50-item questionnaire was constructed by using a classicial measurement approach and administered to a total of 707 counselors and related professionals. The modified questionnaire consisted of 30 items selected from the original questionnaire on the basis of Rasch analysis. Coefficient alpha for the modified questionnaire was estimated as 0.86; coefficient alpha for the original questionnaire was 0.77. Both the original and the modified questionnaires differentiated between and among subgroups in the sample, which were assumed to have more or less positive attitudes toward women and work. On the basis of this analysis, the modified questionnaire is recommended to estimate counselor and related professional attitudes toward women and work.

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Modified Questionnaire On the Occupational Status of Women

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