<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

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

Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (LINES)

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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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...

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

Published Online: Nov 26, 2020

Page range: 559 - 585

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0027

Keywords
attitudes, gender equality, sexism, longitudinal analysis, Switzerland

© 2020 Christina Bornatici et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: Nov 26, 2020

Page range: 559 - 585

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0027

Keywordsattitudes, gender equality, sexism, longitudinal analysis, Switzerland

© 2020 Christina Bornatici et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
attitudes, gender equality, sexism, longitudinal analysis, Switzerland