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indicared rhey were single is of some
concern. If mosr of rhese women are
young rhen rhere may be a large amirion
rare when issues such as marriage and
family can no longer be posrponed.
Following rhrough on rhis concern, we
asked, "I feel my career has played, or will
play, a major pan in my decision wherher
or nor ro have children." Sixty-one percent
of women agreed rhar ir would. This seemed ro suppon rhe fears rhar women were
experiencing conflicrs berween personal
life and career. Whar was surprising,
however, is rhar 46% of men agreed rhar
rheir career would affecr rhe decision
wherher or nor ro have children. This may
reflecr me apprehensions of rhe rising number of couples where bom are employed.
Anorher concern was wherher rhe
demands of a mare's career rook precedeIKe. To me quesrion "I rhink my mare's
career generally rakes precedence over my
own," only 4% of males agreed and 17%
of females agreed. The issue behind rhis
quesrion was who was compromising rhe
mosr, men or women, when a mare's
careers clashed over marrers such as
geographic locarion. Alrhough more
women rhan men fel r rhar rheir mare's
career generally rook precedence, rhe low
percenrages indicared rhar rhis was eirher
nor a large issue wirh couples, or rhar rhey

fel r rhey were able ro negoriare reasonable
compromises wirh rheir mares.
\'V'hen queried abour personal concerns
mar have contribured ro problems in rheir
career advancemenr, rhe sexes are surprisingly close in percenrages (Figure 17).
Men seemed ro feel more financial pressure. Men also felt rhar parenring responsibiliries had a negarive impaer ar a much
higher percentage rhan women. This is
probably because a higher percentage of
men in rhe survey were married.
\'V'hen we posed rhe sraremenr "I have
had ro seek psychological counseling for
problems I anribure ro my career," rhere
was a surprisingly high number of borh
sexes who indicared yes: 26% of females
agreed and 17% of males. Following rhis
rheme funher we asked abour srress-relared
illness. Thirry-six percent of men had
srress-relared illness rhar rhey amibured ro
rheir career compared ro 62% of women.
Finally we asked "I feel personal
conflier berween my gender role and my
career role in me rhearre." Only 7% of men
felt a conflier in gender role compared ro
33% of women (Figure 18). This sense of
conflicr is anorher indicaror of srress.

PART 4 CONCLUSIONS
Generally ir appeared from rhis secrion

mar women are suffering from more suess
as revealed by indicarions of mental and
physical illness. Ir cannor be derermined
from rhe survey wherher rhe respondenrs
are referring ro somerhing as innocuous as
a posr opening nighr cold or as serious as a
bleeding ulcer. However, rhe maner does
seem wonhy of some anention. \X!omen
reponed almosr rwice rhe level of illness as
men. Fear for one's healrh and saniry may
drive significanr numbers of women from
rhe profession.
\X!e were nor able ro clearly pinpoint
rhe source of rhis srress, bur issues
surrounding rhe subjecr of parenting
seemed ro be of concern ro borh genders.
Also, a full rhird of rhe women surveyed
felr a con flier in rheir gender role versus
rheir professional role. Maybe some of rhe
large number of single women in rhe
survey were stressed abour whemer or nor
ro ger married considering rhe demands of
a profession in rhearre.

PART S: PERSONAL
INI'ORMATION
As rhe ririe of rhis secrion of rhe survey
suggesrs, rhis parr of rhe survey gav'e
personal informarion abour sex of respondanr, age, occuparion, level of educarion and
income, erc This was imponanr for cross-

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