Vol. 9, Issue 8, Part D (2023)

If Women in the developing world do not have equal rights, they will not have equal health, it is as simple as that the empowerment of women is not a politically correct cliché, but a living, essential goal for everyone. Thus, the present Study was planned to assess the attitude regarding women empowerment among adult population.

Objectives: To assess and compare attitude regarding women empowerment among adult male and female population. To determine the association of attitude regarding women empowerment among adult male and female population with their selected personal variables. Descriptive Comparative survey design was used. A Quantitative Non-Experimental Approach was adopted to conduct the Study. 200 (100 each for male and female) population were selected using non-Probability convenience Sampling Technique. A prevail dated tool comprising Socio demographic variables and to assess the attitude, Likert scale were used to collect the data.

Results: 29% males were in age group of 31-35 years and 31% females were in age group 26-30 years. Most of males (77%) and females (80%) are married. Most of males (53%) were self-employed and most of females (64%) were homemaker. The mean difference between attitude scores of males (95) and mean attitude scores of females (150). Most of the males have unfavourable attitude towards women empowerment with t-value of attitude score is 1.96. Most of the males (59%) had unfavourable attitude and females (56%) had moderately favorable attitude towards women empowerment.