Confirmatory examination of the Multidimensional Aversion to Women Who Work Scale

The factor structure of the Multidimensional Aversion to Women Who Work Scale was assessed using data collected from 418 predominantly young male and female college students attending one of four colleges or universities located in the south or southwest USA. An exploratory factor analysis using half the data set initially yielded a two-factor solution with unparsimonious loadings. After incompatible items were deleted, another exploratory factor analysis indicated an acceptable two-factor explanation. A confirmatory factor analysis using the second set of observations supported this solution, and the analysis of a second-order factor model suggested that both Employment Skepticism and Traditional Roles Preference were components of Aversion to Women Who Work. The results show that the 5-item scale might be used instead of the 10-item format.