Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects

Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects

This paper investigates trends in Swiss women’s and men’s gender attitudes in the period 2000–2017 using the Swiss Household Panel data. Based on pooled OLS and fixed-effects models, we establish the following for women and men: (1) over this time period, attitudes towards gender roles become more e...

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Main Authors: Bornatici Christina, Gauthier Jacques-Antoine, Le Goff Jean-Marie
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Sciendo 2020-11-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Sociology
Subjects:
attitudes
gender equality
sexism
longitudinal analysis
switzerland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0027
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spelling doaj-cd49aaac877143f4accfb00d5713e5b12021-09-05T14:01:59ZdeuSciendoSwiss Journal of Sociology2297-83482020-11-0146355958510.2478/sjs-2020-0027sjs-2020-0027Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course EffectsBornatici Christina0Gauthier Jacques-Antoine1Le Goff Jean-Marie2FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences, CH-1015LausanneUniversity of Lausanne, Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (LINES), CH-1015LausanneUniversity of Lausanne, Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (LINES), CH-1015LausanneThis paper investigates trends in Swiss women’s and men’s gender attitudes in the period 2000–2017 using the Swiss Household Panel data. Based on pooled OLS and fixed-effects models, we establish the following for women and men: (1) over this time period, attitudes towards gender roles become more egalitarian, while attitudes towards gender equality achievement remain stable; (2) the youngest cohort unexpectedly holds more traditional attitudes; and (3) individual attitudes change over the life course based on life events and the attitudes of one’s partner.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0027attitudesgender equalitysexismlongitudinal analysisswitzerland
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author Bornatici Christina
Gauthier Jacques-Antoine
Le Goff Jean-Marie
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Gauthier Jacques-Antoine
Le Goff Jean-Marie
Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects
Swiss Journal of Sociology
attitudes
gender equality
sexism
longitudinal analysis
switzerland
author_facet Bornatici Christina
Gauthier Jacques-Antoine
Le Goff Jean-Marie
author_sort Bornatici Christina
title Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects
title_short Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects
title_full Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects
title_fullStr Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects
title_full_unstemmed Changing Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in Switzerland (2000–2017): Period, Cohort and Life-Course Effects
title_sort changing attitudes towards gender equality in switzerland (2000–2017): period, cohort and life-course effects
publisher Sciendo
series Swiss Journal of Sociology
issn 2297-8348
publishDate 2020-11-01
description This paper investigates trends in Swiss women’s and men’s gender attitudes in the period 2000–2017 using the Swiss Household Panel data. Based on pooled OLS and fixed-effects models, we establish the following for women and men: (1) over this time period, attitudes towards gender roles become more egalitarian, while attitudes towards gender equality achievement remain stable; (2) the youngest cohort unexpectedly holds more traditional attitudes; and (3) individual attitudes change over the life course based on life events and the attitudes of one’s partner.
topic attitudes
gender equality
sexism
longitudinal analysis
switzerland
url https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0027
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