Two items from the Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Survey 2018 assess respondents’ attitudes towards the changing state of gender equality. The Global Attitudes Survey is a multinational survey conducted either via face-to-face or in-person in 27 countries. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire located here
Geographies Tested: Argentina,Australia,Brazil,Canada,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,India,Indonesia,Israel,Italy,Japan,Kenya,Korea, South,Mexico,Netherlands,Nigeria,Philippines,Poland,Russia,South Africa,Spain,Sweden,Tunisia,United Kingdom,United States of America
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adolescents, Adults
1. Over the past 20 years, do you think equality between men and women in (survey country) has increased, decreased, or do you think there has been no change?
Response Options:
Increased - 1
Decreased - 2
No change - 3
Don’t know - 8
Refused - 9
2. Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing for (survey country)?
Response Options:
Good thing - 1
Bad thing - 2
Both - 3
Neither - 4
Don’t know - 8
Refused - 9
Not Applicable
Pew Research Center. (2018). Global Attitudes Survey Spring 2018. https://www.pewresearch.org/methodology/international-survey-research/international-methodology/all-survey/all-country/all-year
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