Abstract :
The survey was administered to 422 people (221 women and 221 men) using the random sampling method in the city of Çankırı. Firstly, a gender-based comparison was made as part of the research. As a result of the frequency analysis performed, it was seen that the conservatism scores of men were higher than those of women. Secondly, women were compared among each other as working women and housewives. According to the frequency analysis conducted, the conservatism scores of housewives were higher than those of working women in general. Generally speaking, it is observed that the participants adopted conservative family values at a great extent. For example, it is observed that both men and women had high rates of agreement for statements such as family being the first resort for both material and spiritual matters, family had to be loyal to religious and spiritual values, women’s actual task was motherhood, men were responsible for the livelihood of the household and women had to had to maintain their virginity until marriage and that they ratified these opinions. Also, it was understood that they disapproved of abortion and extra-marital cohabitation, which are criticized by conservatism. It was understood that family was the most indispensable institution inter alia, the ideal number of children preferred to have was 3 the important household decisions were mostly taken jointly by the family and decisions on the future of children were also similarly taken jointly by the family at a great extent.
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Conservatism , Family , Woman , Conservative Attitude , Work Life
