Gender Barometer Survey Armenia 2014

Overview and Selected Preliminary Results

ASU Melikian Center 26 January 2015

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Main Objectives

• To produce a nationally representative picture of gender-related views, attitudes, and perceptions in Armenian society

• To use the findings to influence legislation and policy

• To build research expertise at the YSU Center for Gender and Leadership Studies

• To establish a baseline upon which future survey waves will be built

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Design

• Nationally representative sample, N=2134• Yerevan (the capital city)• Urban and rural communities of 11 marzes

(provinces) of Armenia• Stratified by population size, elevation, and

accessibility• Standardized questionnaire administered by

an interviewer in a face-to-face interview

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Questionnaire content• Respondents’ demographic characteristics• System of values of Armenians• Gender attitudes

Perception of women’s and men’s qualities Attitudes toward women’s and men’s roles in

society Women and men in decision-making

• Political participation• Economic activities• Labor migration

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Survey preparation

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Organization and Implementation of Data Collection

• Data collection: October – November 2014• In each selected community—random selection of

the first residence/respondent • Thereafter, selection of households using a random

walk algorithm• In each household, an adult (18 years old +) was

selected based on the proximity of birthday • Unavailable individuals were substituted by others

with similar characteristics• Face-to-face interviews using paper questionnaires

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Challenges during fieldwork• High rate of refusals in Yerevan• Unavailability of selected respondents at first

visits• Unoccupied dwellings (“closed doors”): whole

family is gone• In villages, lack of real streets, unorderly

construction of houses• Misperceptions about the concept of gender• Occasionally inclement weather

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Quality control • Review of filled-out questionnaires by

supervisors in the field• Confirmation of the interviews’ quality and

coverage over the phone with selected respondents

• Double data entry and subsequent reconciliation of the two databases

• Additional cleaning will be carried out as we continue to organize and analyze the data

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Preliminary Results

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“In your opinion, is there inequality between women and men in our society?”

60%22%

9%

8%2%

Women

Definitely yesMost likely yesMost likely noDefinitely noDifficult to answer

58%24%

8%

9%

1%

Men

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“Women and men should have equal rights and should be given equal treatment.”

74%

16%

8%2%

0%

Women

Completely agreeRather agreeRather disagreeCompletely disagreeDifficult to answer

67%

16%

10%

6%

1%

Men

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“Education is more important for a boy than for a girl”

27%

12%

16%

45%

0%

Women

Completely agreeRather agreeRather disagreeCompletely disagreeDifficult to answer

31%

10%

17%

42%

Men

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“A man should always earn more than a woman”

68%

16%

10%

6%

0%

Women

Completely agreeRather agreeRather disagreeCompletely disagreeDifficult to answer

75%

12%

8%

4%

0%

Men

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“When jobs are scarce, men should have a priority right in getting a job, compared to

women.”

56%

18%

13%

12%

1%

Women

Completely agreeRather agreeRather disagreeCompletely disagreeDifficult to answer

62%16%

12%

9%

0%

Men

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Overall, men are better at business than are women

38%

19%

28%

14%

2%

Women

Completely agreeRather agreeRather disagreeCompletely disagreeDifficult to answer

42%

23%

23%

9%3%

Men

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“Overall, men are better political leaders than women, and men should be elected”

42%

17%

22%

17%

1%

Women

Completely agreeRather agreeRather disagreeCompletely disagreeDifficult to answer

49%

19%

19%

10%

3%

Men

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Next Steps• More comprehensive and sophisticated analyses• Preparation and wide dissemination of a detailed

report on GBS findings– Recommendations for policy-makers and non-

governmental organizations• Integration of GBS results into courses offered

through the new MA program at YSU• Scientific publications in Armenian and

international journals• Fundraising for future waves of the survey

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