Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter?
Level 3 - non-randomized controlled study
Longitudinal panel survey study (graded by design analogy for social science research).
OpenAlex W2139598735 · doi:10.1177/019251300021001006
What was done
Analyzed the relationship between baseline gender role attitudes and subsequent family formation and dissolution using data from two waves (1987/1988 and 1992/1994) of the National Survey of Families and Households.
What was found
The abstract reports directional associations without numerical effect sizes, test statistics, or confidence intervals. Egalitarian women were less likely to intend to have a child and less likely to give birth compared to traditional women. In contrast, egalitarian men were more likely to intend to have a child and less likely to divorce than traditional men. Single egalitarian men were more likely to cohabit than traditional single men. A significant gap existed between traditional men and traditional women regarding fertility intentions, fertility outcomes, and divorce.
Why it matters
This study shows that gender role attitudes correlate with subsequent reproductive and marital behaviors in divergent ways for men and women across a longitudinal follow-up period.
Limits
The abstract provides no sample size, effect sizes, or precise statistical values. Findings are based on observational survey data subject to unmeasured confounding and self-report biases, and the abstract does not describe how attitudes or covariates were operationalized.
Cited by
- context Within societies, individuals holding more traditional gender attitudes have higher fertility rates.