The study investigated the perceptions of 80 female and 50 male undergraduate students regarding the Rokeach Value Survey by means of the Interpersonal Perception Method. Wilcoxon rank-sum statistics indicated general agreement between men and women for 16 of the 18 values reported. The results further indicated that females misunderstood males' value preferences on 9 occasions while males misunderstood females' value priorities on 6. Women are aware of men's perception of them concerning 13 values and men are aware of women's perception of them regarding 14 values.
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