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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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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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“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