The purpose of this study was to explore married men`s provider role attitudes and to find out the variables which explain their provider role attitudes. The subjects of this research were 211 married men who were currently employed in large corporati...
The purpose of this study was to explore married men`s provider role attitudes and to find out the variables which explain their provider role attitudes. The subjects of this research were 211 married men who were currently employed in large corporations. The instrument used for this study was the Men`s Provider Role Attitude Scale by Hood(1986). The data were analyzed by frequencies, percentiles, means, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA and stepwise multiple regression. The major results were as follows : 1) There was a significant difference between two generations. Men in 20s and 30s tended to report that they should share the provider role with their wives more than their counterparts of 40s and 50s. 2) The variables that explained provider role attitudes of men in 20s and 30s were men`s income, their mother`s experience of employment and their wive`s current employment status. The variable which explained provider role attitudes of men in theirs 40s and 50s was the number of children.