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Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis
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Abstract
The present study investigates the change of gender role attitudes in Germany between 1982 and 2016. Nine waves of the German General Social Survey are used (N = 26,389). In contrast to previous trend studies, which largely ignore age effects, a mechanism-based age-period-cohort model (Winship/Hardi... view more
The present study investigates the change of gender role attitudes in Germany between 1982 and 2016. Nine waves of the German General Social Survey are used (N = 26,389). In contrast to previous trend studies, which largely ignore age effects, a mechanism-based age-period-cohort model (Winship/Harding 2008) is applied. It becomes clear that age, period and cohort independently have an impact on gender role ideology. Compared to earlier research, new insights concerning the shape of cohort effects come to light: Specific to traditional gender ideology in Western Germany, it is apparent that the trend towards increasingly egalitarian attitudes comes to a halt in men born around 1956 and later and in women born 1966. For Eastern Germany we observe that the cohort-specific trend towards liberalisation in younger cohorts either is diminishing or even tends to reverse. This pattern of effects mainly mirrors the phases of the feminist movement in Western Germany and the rise and decline of the German Democratic Republic, respectively.... view less
Keywords
attitude change; cohort analysis; old federal states; gender role; Federal Republic of Germany; socialization; gender-specific factors; New Federal States
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
APC analysis; Identification problem; Sexism; German reunification; ALLBUS/GGSS Cumulation 1980-2014 (ZA4584)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 35-63
Journal
Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 45 (2020)
ISSN
1869-8999
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed