Mexican parents’ attitudes toward gender equality in family roles and leadership

We analyze the parents’ attitudes on gender equality regarding family roles and leaderships in the urban-popular sectors of Tijuana, Mexico. We use the Survey of Parents with Children in Junior High-schools in Tijuana, B.C., 2015, that includes information for 2 560 parents with children attending p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ojeda, Norma, González Ramírez, Raúl
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1791
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1791
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:gender equality
family roles
socialization
adolescents
parents
Mexico
igualdad de género
roles familiares
socialización
adolescentes
padres de familia
México
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Sumario:We analyze the parents’ attitudes on gender equality regarding family roles and leaderships in the urban-popular sectors of Tijuana, Mexico. We use the Survey of Parents with Children in Junior High-schools in Tijuana, B.C., 2015, that includes information for 2 560 parents with children attending public junior high schools. Four indexes are designed that intend to measure gender equality regarding the maternity role, domestic roles and family leaderships. Logistic regression models are also estimated. The findings indicate coexistence of a great value assigned to the maternity role in women’s life, plus moderately enthusiastic attitudes in favor of gender equality in the domestic roles, but less enthusiastic about sharing and switching family leaderships. The level of education showed to be the only variable statistically significant across the four indexes.