Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis
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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b08e9a035474440880bbad7689191e6a2022-12-21T21:34:58ZengFederal Institute for Population ResearchComparative Population Studies1869-89801869-89992020-02-0145318Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) AnalysisDaniel Lois0Prof. Dr. Daniel Lois Universität der Bundeswehr München Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften Professur für Sozialwissenschaftliche Methodenlehre NeubibergThe 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.https://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/318apc analysisidentification problemsexismgender role attitudesgerman reunification |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Lois Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis Comparative Population Studies apc analysis identification problem sexism gender role attitudes german reunification |
| title | Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis |
| title_full | Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis |
| title_short | Gender Role Attitudes in Germany, 1982-2016: An Age-Period-Cohort (APC) Analysis |
| title_sort | gender role attitudes in germany 1982 2016 an age period cohort apc analysis |
| topic | apc analysis identification problem sexism gender role attitudes german reunification |
| url | https://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/318 |
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