Gender differences in gender-role attitudes: A comparative analysis of Taiwan and coastal China

[[abstract]]This article examines gender differences in gender-role attitudes in two societies with the same cultural heritage and identifies factors differentiating patterns of women's and men's attitudes. The data were collected from two surveys conducted in Taiwan and coastal China during 1996-97. Latent Class Analysis revealed two similar latent forms of gender-role attitudes for both genders in the two societies. The gender gap in traditional attitudes was larger in Taiwan than in coastal China. The factors differentiating women's patterns of attitudes from men's found in Taiwan support the perspectives of gendered self-interest and paternal role-model. Urbanization and cohort effects were more significant in coastal China. This study supports the importance of incorporating gender analysis into interpretations of societal differences in the ways gender-role attitudes are structured.[[fileno]]2040622010013[[department]]社會學研究