The objective of the study was to study the effect of some demographic variables on achievement and attitude of Women Scientists. Hypotheses were: (1) Age influences in the construction of interests of the respondents. (2) Higher the age of the respondents greater would be the professional achievement. (3) Lower the age of women scientists more positive would be their attitude towards institution and profession. (4) Caste to which respondents belong influences their interests. (5) Caste of the respondents influences their academic achievement. (6) Caste of the respondents influences their professional achievement. (7) Caste of the respondents will have a bearing on possessing positive attitudes. (8) Family economic status of the respondents influences the level of interest of women scientists. (9) Higher the family economic status of the women scientists greater would be their academic achievement. (10) Higher the family economic status of women scientists greater would be their professional achievement. (11) Higher the family economic status of women respondents more positive would be their attitudes. (12) Length of service of women scientists will have a bearing on their level of interests. (13) Length of service of women scientists influences the level of their Professional achievement. (14) There is a positive relationship between length of service and attitude towards their institutions, profession and domestic roles. (15) Higher the academic achievement of women scientists greater would be their professional achievement.

Sample consisted of 200 women scientists who were actively involved in teaching, research and administration and spread over various scientific establishments in Hyderabad and Secandarabad. Multistage random sampling technique was adopted to select the sample.

Socio-economic status scale and other specific self developed tools were used for data collection.

The data were analyzed with the help of chi-square test and correlation technique.

Findings of the study were: (1) There is no relation between age and interests of the women scientists. (2) There is no relation between caste of respondents and their interest. (3) There is no relation between family economic status of the respondents and their interests. (4) There is no relation between length of service of the respondents and their interests. (5) There is a positive relationship between family educational status and interests of the respondents belonging to central government organizations. (6) There is a negative relationship between family educational status and interests of the respondents belonging to state government organizations over all the respondents put together. (7) The interests of the respondents and their academic and professional achievements are positively correlated. (8) The interests of the respondents of central government organizations and their academic achievements are positively correlated. (9) The interests of the respondents of central government organizations and their professional achievement are negatively correlated. (10) The interests of the women scientists belonging to state and central government organizations with respect to different fields, i.e., personal, professional, political, social and cultural etc. differ significantly. (11) There is no relation between caste of the respondents and their academic achievement. (12) There is a positive correlation between family economic status and academic achievement. But it is not highly significant. (13) There is no significant difference in the means of academic achievement of two groups (state and central government respondents). (14) There is no relation between caste of the respondents and their professional achievement. (15) There is no relation between family economic status and professional achievement of respondents belongs to state government organizations. (16) Professional achievement and family economic status of the respondents belonging to central and respondents all put together is positive related. (17) There is a positive relation between the length of service and professional achievement among the respondents belonging to central and all of them put together. (18) There is no relation between length of service and professional achievement among the respondents belonging to state government organizations. (19) Academic achievement of the respondents is positively related to their professional achievement. (20) There is no significant difference in the means of professional achievement of two groups. (21) There is insignificant negative relation between age of the respondents and their attitudes towards the institutions in which they are working. (22) There is no relation between the age of the respondents and their attitudes towards their profession. (23) There is no relation between caste of the respondents and their attitudes towards their institution and profession. (24) There is no relation between caste of the respondents and their attitudes. (25) There is a positive relation between family economic status of the respondents and their attitudes towards institution. Though a positive relation is seen among the state government respondents, it is significant. (26) There is no relation between family economic status of the respondents and their attitudes towards their profession. (27) There is no relation between the length of service of the central government respondents and their attitude towards institution. (28) There is no relation between length of service of the respondents and their attitudes towards profession. (29) The means of the two groups with respect to their institutional attitudes differ significantly. (30) The means of the two groups with respect to their professional attitudes do not differ significantly. (31) Irrespective of the category, all the respondents have shown positive attitudes towards their domestic role.