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Objective: This study was carried out to determine the perceptions of university students studying in the field of health in relation to gender roles. Methods: The descriptive research was carried out between February and May 2019 with 285 students from different faculties of a foundation university providing health education in Istanbul. The data were collected with "Introductory Information Form" and " Gender Perception Scale". Descriptive statistics, frequency, percent, average, in comparison of variables Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test were used in the analysis of the data. Results: The average age of the students is 22.49 ± 0.89 years, 76.1% of them are women. It was determined that 83.9% of them lived in Marmara Region for the longest time, 92.6% had nuclear families and 62.5% were at least high school graduates. The total score average of the students received from the scale is 101.2 ± 18.9, the highest score average (107.3 ± 16.9) belongs to the nursing students. There was no significant difference between Faculty and Departments in terms of scale score. A high level of significant relation was found between sociodemographic characteristics and mean scores of scale in favor of female students in terms of gender. Although the average of the scale was higher than the other parameters, there was no relationship between the average long-term living in the city, having a nuclear family, having at least a high school graduate, and having a middle and good income level. Conclusion: As a result, students' perception of gender was found positive.

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