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• TITLE: Attitudes of Jordanians People toward Employment of Persons with Disabilities

  AUTHORS: Rodaina Khader Ibrahim Al Tarawneh

  KEYWORDS: Attitudes, Employment, Persons with Disabilities

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.4 No.9, September 22, 2016

  ABSTRACT: This study aimed to know the attitudes of Jordanians people toward employment of persons with disabilities, and it aimed to investigate the effect of some variables on these attitudes. In order to achieve the aims of this study, a questionnaire of attitudes toward employment of persons with disabilities were used to collect data from 800 persons (344 males and 456 females). The results indicated that the percentage of Jordanians people who emphasized that the work was a right for people with disabilities was (88.5%), and the percentage of Jordanians people who pointed out that people with disabilities unproductive was (69%). Also it indicates that there are statistically significant differences between the Jordanians people in the attitudes toward employment of persons with disabilities due to (Age, Educational level and Existence of a disability in the individual’s family). Also there are no statistically significant differences between Jordanians people in the attitudes due to (Gender and Economic level).