Entry:

Saunders, Eileen, "Gender and Inequality," in Social Inequality in Canada, Alan Frizzell and Jon H. Pammett (eds.), Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1996.


Abstract:

Women’s opinions on gender and inequality are not uniform, women in Canada tend to believe there is equal opportunity despite evidence to contrary. Women are more likely to recognize gendered inequality of reward rather than opportunity, and there are no definite demographic predictors of women’s attitudes.

GSS Years:

1992

Other Data Sets:

ISSP 1992

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
OPWLTH

NEED WEALTHY FAMILY TO GET AHEAD

OPPARED

NEED EDUCATED PARENTS TO GET AHEAD

OPEDUC

NEED GOOD EDUCATION TO GET AHEAD

OPAMBIT

NEED AMBITION TO GET AHEAD

OPABLE

NEED NATURAL ABILITY TO GET AHEAD

OPHRDWRK

NEED TO WORK HARD TO GET AHEAD

OPKNOW

NEED TO KNOW RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET AHEAD

OPCLOUT

NEED POLITICAL CONNECTIONS TO GET AHEAD

OPRACE

NEED TO BE RIGHT RACE TO GET AHEAD

OPRELIG

NEED TO BE RIGHT RELIGION TO GET AHEAD

OPREGION

MUST BE FROM RIGHT REGION TO GET AHEAD

OPSEX

NEED TO BE RIGHT SEX TO GET AHEAD

OPPOL

MUST HAVE CERTAIN POLVIEWS TO GET AHEAD

GOVEQINC

GOVMNT SHOULD REDUCE INC DIFFERENTIALS

GOVJOBS

GOVMNT SHOULD PROVIDE JOBS

GOVMINC

GOVMNT SHOULD PROVIDE MINIMUM INCOME