{"id":8625,"date":"2022-03-02T09:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/key-findings-on-indian-attitudes-toward-gender-roles\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:56:06","slug":"key-findings-on-indian-attitudes-toward-gender-roles","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2022\/03\/02\/key-findings-on-indian-attitudes-toward-gender-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Key findings on Indian attitudes toward gender roles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Indian adults nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very<\/em> important. At the same time, however, there are circumstances when Indians feel men should receive preferential treatment: 80% agree with the idea that \u201cwhen there are few jobs, men should have more rights to a job than women,\u201d according to a new Pew Research Center report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report, based on a face-to-face survey of 29,999 Indian adults fielded between late 2019 and early 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, looks at how Indians view gender roles at home and in society more generally. The survey, which was also the basis for a 2021 report on religion in India<\/a>, was conducted by local interviewers in 17 languages and covered nearly all of India\u2019s states and union territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are key findings from the report.<\/p>\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>