Table 3. Correlations between the Separate Spheres Ideology scale and single-item measures of sexism used primarily in sociology and political science.

Survey Item (paraphrased)	Spearman’s ρ
1. Against both the man and woman contributing to income	.38**
2. Men’s job is to earn money, and women’s job is to look after the home	.67**
3. Husband should earn higher pay than wife	.63**
4. If jobs are scarce, the wife shouldn’t work	.54**
5. Husband should be the main breadwinner	.68**
6. When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job	.62**
7. It causes problems when women earn more than their husbands	.38**
8. It’s better if the man is the achiever outside the home	.70**
9. Men and women should not be doing each other’s work	.59**
10. A woman’s place is in the home, not the office or shop	.54**
11. A wife who does her job at home doesn’t have time for paid work	.55**
12. Working mothers can’t have as warm relationships with their children	.41**
13. Preschool children suffer when their mothers work	.41**
14. Family life suffers when the woman has a full-time job	.51**
15. A husband should worry if his wife is away overnight for work	.31**
16. The employment of wives leads to juvenile delinquency	.42**
17. Women are happier when they stay home and care for children	.53**
18. What most women really want is a home and children	.59**
19. Being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay	.26**
20. Having a job is not the best way for women to be independent	.00
21. A wife’s most important task is caring for her children	.43**
22. Working wives don’t feel more useful than stay-at-home wives	.09
23. Successful marriages don’t depend on each partner having freedom	.21**
24. Women have to have children in order to be fulfilled	.54**
25. Wives should not expect husbands to help around the house	.44**
26. If the wife works full-time, the husband shouldn’t have to help at home	.32**
27. Men should not share the work around the house with women	.48**
28. Employment of both parents is not necessary to make a living	.28**
29. Even if both husband and wife work, they should not share housework	.42**
30. A wife should support her husband’s career instead of having her own	.62**
31. Parents shouldn’t encourage as much independence in daughters as sons	.49**
32. University education is more important for boys than girls	.46**
33. Would rather have a son than a daughter	.32**
34. Men make better political leaders than women	.73**
35. Women are not emotionally suited for politics	.66**
36. Won’t vote for a woman presidential candidate	.22**
37. Women’s place is in the home	.64**

**p < .001.