Families and Personal Networks An International Comparative Perspective

Table 2.2

Attitudes towards family life and gender roles (percentage of agree and strongly agree)

Lithuania

Portugal

Switzerland

Total

Cohort

Gender

Total

Cohort

Gender

Total

Cohort

Gender

1950– 55

1970– 75

M

F

1950– 55

1970– 75

M

F

1950– 55

1970– 75

M

F

A woman is free to choose not to have children

72.3

70.1

74.6

63.2

80.0

84.3

81.6

86.8

78.9

87.8

88.1

88.0

88.2

86.4

89.8

A man’s job is to earn money; a woman’s job is to look after the home and family

47.3

49.9

44.7

49.3

45.5

16.0

20.9

11.1

19.4

13.7

14.6

17.1

11.8

15.2

14.1

A (pre-school) small child is likely to suffer if his or her mother works (full- time)

74.4

77.7

71.1

71.7

76.8

62.5

68.6

56.5

61.2

63.4

31.9

40.0

23.0

38.2

25.8

A man alone can bring up a child just as well as a woman alone

50.2

46.0

54.4

52.7

48.0

39.1

27.3

50.6

43.6

36.1

60.6

58.2

63.2

50.9

70.0

Homosexual and lesbian couples should have the same rights as other couples, including the right of adoption

9.6

9.5

9.7

9.6

9.6

25.3

12.9

37.0

26.2

24.7

35.4

29.1

42.5

28.9

41.8

When children are young it’s bad if the couple gets a divorce

70.3

74.7

66.0

74.8

66.5

71.6

76.4

67.0

75.8

68.9

16.0

18.7

12.9

21.0

11.1

A person has to have children in order to feel fulfilled

69.8

70.2

69.4

67.6

71.6

42.8

49.0

36.7

42.3

43.1

12.9

12.8

13.0

14.1

11.7