A Comparative Study on the Level of Modernization between Female and Male Students of Dehradun

The present study aimed to investigate the comparison between female and male adolescent students on the modernization scale. The study also compares the components of modernization, i.e., socio-religious, marriage, women, and education, between female and male students. The total number of subjects consisted of 100, equally divided into female and male students. The modernization scale was used to measure the level of modernization of the subjects. Means, SDs, and t values were computed to assess the level of modernization. The findings indicated that there was no significant difference in the overall level of modernization and its three components, i.e., socioreligious, marriage, and education, between female and male students, whereas, there was a significant difference in the attitudes towards the position of women as a component of modernization between female and male students.