Table 2. Survey items constituting each dependent variable.

Variable	Items
Overall stress (amount of stress)	• household responsibilities • childcare • caring for someone who is ill, disabled, aging or with special needs • meeting day-to-day work expectations • the way your personal life and work interfere with each other • having a successful academic career • your salary • subtle discrimination • the amount of support in your department/unit • the racial, ethnic or cultural climate at the university • time to do your research/scholarship/creative activities • the climate for women at the university • time to spend with your spouse/partner or significant other • opportunities to network with colleagues • time to spend with your family
General Climate (level of agreement)	• The climate for women faculty in my department/unit is good. • My department/unit has difficulty retaining women faculty. • Faculty in my department/unit are serious about treating men and women faculty equally • Generally speaking, women faculty in my department/unit must work harder than men to convince colleagues of their competence. • Women faculty in my department/unit who have young or school age children are considered to be less committed to their careers than women colleagues without children. • Faculty men in my department/unit who have young or school age children are considered to be less committed to their careers than colleagues who are men without children.
Student Behavior (level of agreement)	• Students at this university treat women faculty differently than men faculty. • Students at this university do not respect women faculty as much as men faculty.
Leadership/Influence (level of agreement)	• My department/unit has made an effort to promote women faculty into leadership positions. • Most faculty in my department would be would be as comfortable with a woman chair/director as a man chair/director. • Women faculty in my department/unit are less likely than their counterparts who are men to have influence in departmental/unit politics and administration. • Faculty men are more likely than faculty women to be involved with informal social networks within the department/unit.
Tenure/Promotion (level of agreement)	• When it comes to tenure decisions in my department/unit, criteria are applied to women faculty in the same way as to men faculty. • When it comes to promotion decisions in my department/unit, criteria are applied to women faculty in the same way as to men faculty