Capability of men and women regarding education and career 2017

This survey, conducted by Ipsos across 24 countries in January and February 2017, shows the share of repondents who believe that men are more capable than women of doing things in society such as working, earning money, being educated and teaching. In China, 56 percent of respondents agreed very much or somewhat that men are more capable than women regarding these things.

Women: Are men more capable than women of working, earning money, being educated and teaching?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Total	25%
China	56%
Russia	54%
India	48%
South Korea	33%
Japan	32%
Turkey	30%
Hungary	28%
Poland	25%
United States	22%
South Africa	22%
Australia	21%
Italy	21%
Germany	20%
Brazil	19%
Serbia	18%
Great Britain	16%
Peru	16%
Mexico	15%
France	15%
Belgium	15%
Argentina	13%
Sweden	12%
Canada	11%
Spain	9%

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Release date

June 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January / February 2017

Number of respondents

17,551 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

The source worded the question as follows: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: I believe that men are more capable of doing things in society such as working, earning money, being educated and teaching than women"

This statistic only depicts the share of respondents who "agreed very much" or "agreed somewhat".

Respondents across Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.

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