According to a survey carried out in 2020 by the Pew Research Centre in India, 62 percent of men felt that both men and women should be responsible for caring for children in the family. By contrast, only three percent of men felt that men alone should take care of children.
Public opinion on who in the family should care for children in India in 2020, by gender
22,975 Hindus, 3,336 Muslims, 1,782 Sikhs, 1,011 Christians, 719 Buddhists, 109 Jains and 67 respondents who belong to another religion or are religiously unaffiliated
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Pew Research Center. (March 2, 2022). Public opinion on who in the family should care for children in India in 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300974/india-opinion-on-childcare-responsibility-by-gender/
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Pew Research Center. (2022). Public opinion on who in the family should care for children in India in 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300974/india-opinion-on-childcare-responsibility-by-gender/
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Public opinion on who in the family should care for children in India in 2020, by gender [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1300974/india-opinion-on-childcare-responsibility-by-gender/
