THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Equal Role for Women  1972-2004


                           '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
             Equal Role 1   31   33   30   38   33   37   32   **   41   42   51   42   48   53   56   **   57 
                        2    9    9   12   10   16   12   12   **   15   12   14   15   18   14   15   **   14 
                        3    7    8    8    8   10    9    9   **    9    8    7    8    8    7    7   **    7 
                        4   19   18   18   16   16   17   21   **   16   16   13   15   11   12   11   **    9 
                        5    6    7    7    7    7    6    7   **    5    6    5    6    4    3    4   **    4 
                        6    4    5    5    5    6    4    3   **    4    4    3    3    3    2    2   **    2 
  Women's Place in Home 7   19   14   11   10    6    7    5   **    6    5    4    4    3    3    3   **    2 
      DK, Haven't Thought    5    6    9    6    6    7   10   **    6    7    4    7    4    5    3   **    5
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  2685 2480 2385 2286 1398 1402 2239      2023  971 2477 1772 1713 1279  977      1212  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4C.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Some people feel that women should have an equal role with men in running
     business, industry and government. Others feel that women's place is
     in the home. Where would you place yourself on this scale or haven't
     you thought much about this?" (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
       


     This question is variable VCF0834 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05