Career-Family Attitudes Scale – CFA

I expect to go as far as I can in my career and expect encouragement from my spouse

I would like for my spouse to make most of the financial decisions regardless of who makes the most money

I do not expect to have a career

I would like for my spouse to have more education than I do

It would bother me a lot if I make more money than my spouse does

If my spouse and I can't agree on something, I think I should most often give in to my spouse

I will be mostly responsible for raising our children, regardless of whether or not I work outside the home

If I do not work outside the home, I will do all the housework

I expect to stay home full-time with our children

My spouse's career is more important than mine

Professional child care providers (day care, sitter) will take care of our children while my spouse and I work

I expect that either my spouse or I will be home during the day with our children

Marriage and two careers do not mix

Children and two careers do not mix

I expect my spouse to be mostly responsible for raising our children, regardless of whether or not my spouse is employed

If my spouse works outside the home, I will help somewhat with the housework

My career and my spouse's career will be equally important

I expect my spouse and I to share responsibility for raising our children

I don't care whether my spouse or I make the most money

If I am employed, I expect my spouse to help with the housework

I intend to encourage my spouse to fully develop his or her career

I would like my spouse and me to make financial decisions together regardless of how much money we each make

If both my spouse and I are employed, I expect housework to be a jointly shared responsibility

I would like to take some vacations with my spouse but no children

I expect that there will be times when my spouse will have to pay more attention to job problems than to our relationship

Sometimes I will have to pay more attention to my job than to my family

I do not expect to ever have to pay more attention to my job than to my relationship with my spouse

I expect that sometimes my spouse will have to pay more attention to his or her job than to our family

I expect there will be times when I will have to pay more attention to my job than to my relationship with my spouse

I expect that neither my spouse nor I will pay more attention to our careers than to our family

I expect my spouse to stay home full-time with our children

My spouse should be able to go to school as long as he or she wishes whether or not we have children

It would bother me a lot if my spouse makes more money than I do

Yard work and fix-it tasks will mainly be done by me

My career will be more important than my spouse's career

I would like my spouse and I to share yard work and fix-it tasks

I do not expect my spouse to have a career

I would like to make most of the financial decisions regardless of how much money my spouse makes

I would like to have more education than my spouse

If my spouse and I can't agree on something, I think my spouse should give in to me

If my spouse is not employed, he or she should do all the housework

If I get an excellent job offer elsewhere, I will expect my spouse to move to the new place

Weekends will be time for me to relax, watch TV, and I expect my spouse to keep distractions (i.e., visitors, children, chores) to a minimum

Weekends will be time for my spouse to relax, watch TV, and I expect to keep distractions (i.e., visitors, children, chores) to a minimum

Yard work and fix-it tasks will mainly be done by my spouse

Both on the job and at home, some tasks are "men's work" and some tasks are "women's work"

I expect my spouse to take some vacations alone

I would like to occasionally go out in the evening without my spouse

I would like to take some vacations by myself

I expect my spouse to occasionally go out in the evening without me