This study examined the attitudes of 200 marriageable women ages 18-31 in 18 wards of Nambol Municipal Council, Manipur, India towards dowry. The researchers used the Dowry Attitude Scale to assess attitudes. The results showed that the women had a favorable attitude towards dowry, with a mean score of 192.215 out of 210. There was a negligible negative correlation between dowry attitude and age, and a low positive correlation between dowry attitude and educational level. The study provides context on cultural attitudes towards dowry practices in Manipur.

1. ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research _______________ISSN 2231-5780
Vol.4 (3), MARCH (2014), pp. 149-154
Online available at zenithresearch.org.in
ATTITUDE TOWARDS DOWRY
WANGKHEIRAKPAM BIDYABATI*; DR SOIBAM BIRAHARI SINGH**;
RAJKUMAR SURESH SINGH***
*RESEARCH STUDENT
DEPARTMENT OF ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION & EXTENSION
MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, IMPHAL, MANIPUR-795003 (INDIA)
**ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEAD
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Y. K. COLLEGE, WANGJING, MANIPUR
***RESEARCH STUDENT
DEPARTMENT OF ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION & EXTENSION
MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, IMPHAL, MANIPUR-795003 (INDIA)
ABSTRACT
The current paper attempted to find out the attitude of marriageable women of 18
wards of Nambol Municipal Council, Manipur (India) towards dowry. Altogether 200
respondents in the age group 18-31 years were taken through cluster sampling technique. The
Dowry Attitude Scale (DAS) standardized by R.R. Sharma was employed to assess the
attitude towards dowry. The results of the study indicated that the marriageable had favorable
attitude towards dowry (mean= 192.215, SD= 2.96). Further negative negligible correlation
was found between dowry attitude and age (r=-0.065) and positive low correlation between
dowry attitude and educational level (r= 0.386). Limitations of the study have been given and
suggestions for further research have also been provided.
KEYWORDS: Age, Attitude, Dowry, Educational level, Women.
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