08.04.2013
Feminine and masculine professions
- According to a survey conducted by the Rating Group, almost 60% of respondents support the view that some professions are purely “male” and some are “female”. 36% disagree with this statement, and another 5% are undecided.
- Respondents were asked to assess who typical professions are more suitable for: men, women, or equally for both. According to respondents, professions such as “police officer”, “politician”, “businessman”, and “scientist” are perceived as more typical for men. At the same time, professions such as “salesperson” and “secretary” are perceived as more typical for women. Meanwhile, “manager”, “journalist”, and “doctor” are considered equally suitable for both men and women.
- In particular, 56% of women and 63% of men agreed that the profession of “police officer” is more typical for men. At the same time, 56% of women and 64% of men agreed that the profession of “secretary” is more typical for women. Similarly, 34% of women and 43% of men agreed that “salesperson” is more of a female profession.
- In other cases, responses were less categorical. For example, 30% of men and 22% of women agreed that “politician” is more of a male profession, while nearly 70% of men and 80% of women believe that this profession is equally suitable for both genders. Similarly, 25% of men and 19% of women believe that “businessman” is more of a male profession, while nearly 70% of men and 80% of women believe it is suitable for both. Regarding the profession of “scientist”, 21% of men and 13% of women considered it more male, while nearly 80% of both men and women believe it is equally suitable.
- From 80% to 90% of both men and women believe that professions such as “manager”, “journalist”, and “doctor” are equally suitable for both genders.
- Among respondents, 14% of women and 8% of men reported that they had at some point wanted to master a profession traditionally considered typical for the opposite gender. This was more common among younger respondents and those with higher education. At the same time, 80% of women and almost 90% of men said they had never had such a desire.
- Almost every tenth surveyed woman reported being refused employment because of her gender. Such responses were more common among middle-aged respondents with higher education. At the same time, 6% of men also reported being refused employment because of gender.
- About 29% of respondents support banning the indication of candidate gender in job advertisements, while 28% do not support it. At the same time, 33% are indifferent and 10% are undecided. Older respondents are the most indifferent to this issue. Support for such a ban is higher among people with higher education. Men and women generally have similar attitudes toward this issue, although women who personally experienced gender-based refusal support the ban significantly more.
Methodology
- Target audience: population of Ukraine aged 18 and older.
- Sample size: 2,000 respondents.
- Method: face-to-face formalized interviews using a questionnaire.
- Margin of error (with probability 0.95):
- for values close to 50% — no more than 2.2%,
- for values close to 30% — no more than 2%,
- for values close to 10% — no more than 1.3%,
- for values close to 5% — no more than 1%.
- Fieldwork period: February 22–28, 2013.
- Regional distribution:
- West — Volyn, Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Chernivtsi regions.
- Center — Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy regions.
- North — Kyiv city, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv regions.
- South — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv regions, Sevastopol city.
- East — Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv regions.
- Donbas — Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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