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Gender Role Attitudes in Japan: A Data-Driven Learning Guide
Interpretation & Summary
Think about your answers to the application questions before you click through to the interpretation guide for help in answering them.
Gender Role Attitudes by Gender
Looking at the full sample (frequency table and chart for Wifework), what can you say about people's attitudes about whether women should work?
Do men and women hold the same attitudes about whether married women should work?
Are men and women equally likely to agree that women's happiness is based in marriage?
Do men and women have different attitudes toward mothers' work outside the home? What does the bar chart show?
Gender Role Attitudes by Age
Does there appear to be a relationship between age and attitudes about gender roles? What percent of those under age 40 agreed with the statement that men should earn money and women should take care of the home/family?
How do the age groups differ in their attitudes toward wives working?
Does the same pattern hold for attitudes toward mothers working?
Do the age groups hold different attitudes about marriage as a source of happiness for women?
Which question shows the most variability among the age groups?
CITATION: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Gender Role Attitudes in Japan: A Data-Driven Learning Guide. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-04-16. Doi:10.3886/genderjapan
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