 Family Structure and Youth Gender Ideologies in Germany and South KoreaAlyssa J. Alexander, Mikaela J. Dufur, Michael R. Cope, Jonathan A. Jarvis and Amy R. Read SAGE Open, 2024, vol. 14, issue 3, 21582440241262913 Abstract: Although gender ideologies influence many outcomes, research shows they often fluctuate across the life course. Family structure transitions are one mechanism through which gender ideologies change. Divorced and single adults report more egalitarian ideologies than stably married adults. Little research has examined whether children in these families experience similar gender ideologies. Based on parental role modeling, we would expect children in non-traditional families to exhibit more egalitarian gender ideologies. We examine family structure and youth gender ideologies in two contexts, essentially two case studies: Germany and South Korea. Using Starting Cohort 3—Grade 5 ( N  = 4,021) and Starting Cohort 4—Grade 9 ( N  = 9,913) of the Germany National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and Cohorts 1 ( N  = 2,844) and 2 ( N  = 3,449) of the Korea Youth Panel Survey (KYPS), we uncover counterintuitive findings that youth gender ideologies do not vary across family structures. Child gender is the most salient predictor of gender ideologies across contexts. Keywords: gender ideology; gender framing; family structure; youth; Germany; South Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:14:y:2024:i:3:p:21582440241262913 DOI: 10.1177/21582440241262913 Access Statistics for this article More articles in SAGE Open |
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